Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s3.t2.151
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s3.t2.151
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With the founding of the first institute for Chinese Studies in modern India, Cheena Bhavana, by poet Rabindranath Tagore at his University in Santiniketan not far from Calcutta, which has been one of the main centres for Chinese Studies in India. Chinese scholars, intellectuals and artists, such as Xu Beihong, who came to India in the 1940s attracted by Santiniketan, passed through and spent time in Calcutta as well.