Introduction: China's Encounter and Predicament with the Indic World -- Ch. 1. Military Concerns and Spiritual Underpinnings of Tang-India Diplomacy -- Ch. 2. The Emergence of China as a Central Buddhist Realm -- Ch. 3. The Termination of the Buddhist Phase of Sino-Indian Interactions -- Ch. 4. The Reconfiguration of Sino-Indian Trade and Its Underlying Causes -- Ch. 5. The Phases and the Wider Implications of the Reconfiguration of Sino-Indian Trade -- Conclusion: From Buddhism to Commerce: The Realignment and Its Implications
Summary
"Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade 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."--BOOK JACKET
