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Ancient India China connections
There are numerous references to China in Sanskrit texts traced back to early times but sketchy
Mahabharata, Arthshastra & Manusmriti mentions China
China comes from "an ancient" Sanskrit name "Cina" for the regions to the east
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There are numerous references to China in Sanskrit texts traced back to early times but sketchy
Mahabharata, Arthshastra & Manusmriti mentions China
China comes from "an ancient" Sanskrit name "Cina" for the regions to the east
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Chinese word 'shih'(Lion) derived from the Sanskrit word 'simha'
Greek word for China 'Tzinista' used by writers, looks derivative of Sanskrit 'Chinasthana'
Fighting without weapons was a specialty of the ancient Kshatriya warriors of India "Martial Arts"
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Greek word for China 'Tzinista' used by writers, looks derivative of Sanskrit 'Chinasthana'
Fighting without weapons was a specialty of the ancient Kshatriya warriors of India "Martial Arts"
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During ancient times, we find Indu (Hindu) dynasties established by adventurers, claiming descent from Kshatriya potentates of northern India, ruling in upper Burma, in Siam and Laos, in Yunnan and Tonkin and southeastern China
@Vyolent @Shrimaan @yaajushi @TIinExile
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@Vyolent @Shrimaan @yaajushi @TIinExile
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Undoubtedly Holy mountain-men (sheng-hsien) described by Lieh Tzu are Indian rishi
Who practiced movements very similar to asanas of Hindu yoga
It is at least a possibility that some knowledge of yoga technique which these rishi used had also drifted into China
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Who practiced movements very similar to asanas of Hindu yoga
It is at least a possibility that some knowledge of yoga technique which these rishi used had also drifted into China
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Chinese tell of a tradition in “Schuking” in which it is stated that their the ancestors came after crossing the high mountain ranges to the South
Original Chin race of India dwelling in Kashmir
Shiva and Parvati in Kizil Caves, Xinjiang, China 6th century
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Original Chin race of India dwelling in Kashmir
Shiva and Parvati in Kizil Caves, Xinjiang, China 6th century
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Mahabharata mentions Cinas of yellow color, are said to look like a forest of Karnikaras
Imperial Tang dynasty (618–907 AD) used the Hindu/Vedic calendar along side with the Chinese calendar
temple in Quanzhou now in ruins, 300 carvings are still within the city
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Imperial Tang dynasty (618–907 AD) used the Hindu/Vedic calendar along side with the Chinese calendar
temple in Quanzhou now in ruins, 300 carvings are still within the city
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Siva lingam over five meters tall
An ancient stone that still stands today
it was cut in half in the year 1011 AD and then rebuilt in the 1400s
Even as late as 1950, childless mothers would go to it to invoke the blessings of the deity for motherhood
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An ancient stone that still stands today
it was cut in half in the year 1011 AD and then rebuilt in the 1400s
Even as late as 1950, childless mothers would go to it to invoke the blessings of the deity for motherhood
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@artist_rama
Kublai Khan the founder of Yuvan dynasty of China constructed a Shiva temple in China .There is an inscription referring to this in the temple. The most interesting part is this inscription is bilingual and has both Tamil and Chinese scripts
Big Dipper Temple (China)
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Big Dipper Temple (China)
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"India was China's teacher in religion and imaginative literature and world's teacher in trignometry, quandratic equations, grammar, phonetics, Arabian Nights, animal fables, chess, philosophy"
Inspired Boccaccio, Goethe, Herder
The Wisdom of China and India - By Lin Yutang
Inspired Boccaccio, Goethe, Herder
The Wisdom of China and India - By Lin Yutang
Chinese were always the recipient and the Indian the donor"
"Indian influence prevailed over the Chinese, for evident reasons: an undoubted cultural superiority owing to much greater philosophic and religious insight"
The Soul of India – Amaury de Riencourt
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"Indian influence prevailed over the Chinese, for evident reasons: an undoubted cultural superiority owing to much greater philosophic and religious insight"
The Soul of India – Amaury de Riencourt
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Both L. Wooley and British historian Arnold Toynbee speak of an earlier ready-made culture coming to China
They were right
That was the Vedic Hindu culture from India with its Sanskrit language and sacred scripts
Lord Brahma in China
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They were right
That was the Vedic Hindu culture from India with its Sanskrit language and sacred scripts
Lord Brahma in China
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@rightwingchora
Maritime intercourse of India and China dates 680 B.C.
when the sea traders of Indian Ocean arrived in vessels having prows shaped like heads of birds or animals after the pattern specified in the Yukti Kalpataru and exemplified in the ships and boats of old Indian arts"
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when the sea traders of Indian Ocean arrived in vessels having prows shaped like heads of birds or animals after the pattern specified in the Yukti Kalpataru and exemplified in the ships and boats of old Indian arts"
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Find of Chinese coins at Mysore dated 138 B.C. suggests maritime relations between India and China existed in the second century B.C.
Chinese text vaguely refer to Chinese trade relations with countries in the China Sea and Indian Ocean
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Chinese text vaguely refer to Chinese trade relations with countries in the China Sea and Indian Ocean
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@vedicvishal @Alpha_u_Beta
The Chinese were familiar with Indian mathematics, and, in fact, continued to study it long after the period of intellectual intercourse between India and China had ceased."
Hindu Achievements in Exact Science- Sarkar, p. 14
Indian art also reached China
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Hindu Achievements in Exact Science- Sarkar, p. 14
Indian art also reached China
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Indian doctrine of Karma (tso-yeh), or metempsychosis, influenced Chinese scientific thought on the process of biological change involving both phylogeny and ontogeny
There is also some evidence that Indian astronomy were in circulation in China well
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@Sanskritii_1
There is also some evidence that Indian astronomy were in circulation in China well
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Chinese medicine, was influenced by Ayurveda
Similarities include the extensive use of natural herbs
Many Buddhists were familiar with the extensive knowledge of surgery common to Indian medicine
Balm from the East - By Jenny Hontz
Similarities include the extensive use of natural herbs
Many Buddhists were familiar with the extensive knowledge of surgery common to Indian medicine
Balm from the East - By Jenny Hontz
China became a part of "Greater India" in poetry, aesthetics, folk-festivals, morals, manners, and sentiments
"Augustan Age" of Chinese culture, the age of the mighty Tangs and brillant Sungs, was the direct outcome of the "holy alliance"
Creative India - By Benoy Kumar Sarkar
"Augustan Age" of Chinese culture, the age of the mighty Tangs and brillant Sungs, was the direct outcome of the "holy alliance"
Creative India - By Benoy Kumar Sarkar
"The King of Kanauj had sent the game of chess to the court of Sasanian King Kusrau I Anshirvan (531-579)
& So on...
The list is endless
China was part of ancient Indian culture
India was world Guru
@Aabhas24 @Lost_History1 @ShefVaidya @desi_thug1 @Vyolent @Vyasonmukh
& So on...
The list is endless
China was part of ancient Indian culture
India was world Guru
@Aabhas24 @Lost_History1 @ShefVaidya @desi_thug1 @Vyolent @Vyasonmukh
