[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014) › v2.c13.52 # Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.52 Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.52 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.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. - [Previous: v2.c13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c13.51) - [Next: v2.c13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c13.53) - [Up: v2.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c13.52) · Pramāṇa