AdvertisingThe setting speaks to several contemporary themes in India-China relations — and of contacts, both continuous and changing, across space and time. It was during his reign that Hiuen Tsang, the Chinese Buddhist monk-traveller, visited the Pallava capital at Kanchipuram. Hindus, Muslims and ChinaTamil-Chinese links continued after the Pallavas, flourishing under the Cholas as the Coromandel coast became the entrepot between China and the Middle East. Continuing connectionsIn later centuries, the Coromandel coast retained its importance for trade between China and the west. They traded within Asia, buying textiles, metal, and porcelain, importing and exporting between India, China and Japan, to keep the spice trade going.

Source: Indian Express October 09, 2019 22:18 UTC