Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s4.t3.24

v2.c14.s4.t3.24

When making a general survey of Emperor Taizong of Tang's reign, it was noticed that communication and exchange between China and Tang was extraordinarily prosperous and unprecedentedly frequent, which sometimes took place every year or even within a year. Although the official communication between India and China are mostly recorded in history, there were many other events that may belong to ordinary people, or may not have been recorded by history or whose historical materials have been lost. The India-China exchange is closely associated with many industries such as religion, politics, economy, science and technologies, literature and art, etc., and therefore, the early stage of Tang, the period of reign of Emperor Taizong in particular, can be viewed as the heyday of the cultural exchange between the two nations.