Tansen Sen

TL;DR: Tansen Sen offers a new perspective on Sino-Indian relations during the Tang dynasty (618-907), arguing that the period is notable not only for religious and diplomatic exchanges but also for the process through which China emerged as a center of Buddhist learning, practice, and pilgrimage as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The period between the thirteenth and mid-fifteenth centuries marked a distinct and impor tant phase in the history of India-China relations as mentioned in this paper, triggered by the for mation of Chinese maritime networks to southern Asia.

TL;DR: The authors examines the consequences of the Ming maritime expeditions led by Admiral Zheng He (1371-1433) in the early fifteenth century on Indian Ocean diplomacy, trade, and cross-cultural interactions.

TL;DR: The maritime regions of Southeast Asia played an important but varying role in connecting South Asia and China prior to the sixteenth century as mentioned in this paper, where traders, ships, and polities in Southeast Asia facilitated and sometimes controlled the flow of goods.