Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c8.36

v1.c8.36

The impact of Indian linguistic works on China continued till the 18^th century. In 1750, the newly compiled set of *Traditional Rhyme with Text* (Tong Wen Yun Tong) caught the attention of Emperor Qian Long (1711-1799). This book had an appendix including a comparison table which showed four kinds of sounds and the meanings of the words in which the Sanskrit scripts were listed in the beginning followed by Tibetan, Manchu and Chinese scripts.