Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.52

v2.c13.52

Thus overall, the period from the late 13^th to mid-15^th century CE saw very active engagement between India and China, particularly by sea. This was the period when there was a direct Chinese presence, commercial as well as naval and political, in many coastal regions of India and in adjacent areas. Exchange of envoys and of goods reached unprecedented levels, to a great extent due to the initiative and encouragement of the Chinese state. However, from the middle of the 15^th century CE, following the death of the Yongle emperor, this policy of the Chinese state was reversed for reasons which are still debated.