Tansen Sen

Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade

The Realignment of India-China Relations, 600-1400

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings a fresh understanding to cross-cultural Sino-Indian encounters, elucidating for the first time significant changes in the religious, commercial, and diplomatic interactions between the two countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781442254725
• ISBN-10: 1442254726
• Artikelnr.: 42809737

Autorenporträt

Tansen Sen is Associate Professor of Asian history and religions at Baruch College, The City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Prasenjit Duara
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: China's Encounter and Predicament with the Indic World
Chapter One: Military Concerns and Spiritual Underpinnings of Tang-India
Diplomacy
Chapter Two: The Emergence of China as a Central Buddhist Realm
Chapter Three: The Termination of the Buddhist Phase of India-China
Interactions
Chapter Four: The Reconfiguration of India-China Trade and its Underlying
Causes
Chapter Five: The Phases and the Wider Implications of the Reconfiguration
of India-China Trade
Conclusion: From Buddhism to Commerce: The Realignment and Its Implications
Bibliography
Index
About the Author