Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s6.t10.55

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After founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, India and China cemented relations and consequently a new era in India-China philosophical exchanges was ushered in. In 1950s and 1960s, the Department of Oriental Languages and Culture of Peking University began to admit students who studied Hindi language, Sanskrit and Pali and Beijing Broadcasting Institute (predecessor of today's Communication University of China) ran courses on Tamil language and Bengali language to train expertise on India-China philosophical exchanges. After the start of reforms in 1978, Chinese scholars carried out the study of Indian philosophy in depth and China launched