Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.12

v1.c6.12

Exchanges in science, technology and medicine are one of the important components of the history of India-China cultural interactions. Beginning with the period of the Qin and Han Dynasties (c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1911), both countries had uninterrupted exchanges in the area of science and technology though its intensity varied between frequent and occasional over the long course of time. The major areas and nature of these exchanges were as follows: