Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s1.14

v1.c5.s1.14

In the *Song Shu* section on the *Biography of the Barbarians*, it was recorded that in the 5ᵗʰ year of the Liu Song Dynasty (428 CE), envoys from south India came to China and submitted their credentials, bearing “delicate treasures like diamond rings and Mollet gold rings, and one red cockatoo and one white cockatoo.” This indicates that south Indians were familiar with China and that the practice of “tribute trade” continued. Information about China was transmitted back to India through these merchants.