Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.17

v1.c4.s2.17

From 220 to 580 CE, cultural exchange had greatly developed with increasing movement of people and trade between India and China. Both sides now had a better knowledge of each other. However, the most prominent feature of this period was the large-scale eastward movement of Buddhism which was associated with a great number of Indian monks coming to China to preach. According to *Eminent Monks*, there were as many as 30 or 40 such monks. They translated sutras, preached Buddhist teachings, and brought into China the knowledge and techniques related to Indian astronomy, calendar, medicine, architecture, painting, sculpture and so on.