This book is the first annotated translation of the travelogues of Kang Youwei, one of the most famous intellectuals and modernizers of late 19th-century China. These travelogues offer insight into Kang’s perception of India which form the basis of the modern intellectual discourse on India in China. These perceptions not only had great impact on the thinking of other intellectuals, but were also responsible for the larger construct that China has about India during the republican and post-liberation period. The texts provide meaning to many dilemmas and predicaments that enshrouded the concept of civilization and its linkages with the modern concepts of nationalism and modernity in Asian countries like China and India. They are a valuable prism in gauging the early 20th-century intellectual and Chinese moderniser mind as it grappled with the challenges and uncertainties of those times. An important contribution to the study of Sino-Indian interactions, the book will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of nation, nationalism, civilization, empire, modern history, translation studies, Chinese Studies, and Asian studies.

This book is the first annotated translation of the travelogues of Kang Youwei, one of the most famous intellectuals and modernizers of late 19th-century China. These travelogues offer insight into Kang’s perception of India which form the basis of the modern intellectual discourse on India in China. These perceptions not only had great impact on the thinking of other intellectuals, but were also responsible for the larger construct that China has about India during the republican and post-liberation period. The texts provide meaning to many dilemmas and predicaments that enshrouded the concept of civilization and its linkages with the modern concepts of nationalism and modernity in Asian countries like China and India. They are a valuable prism in gauging the early 20th-century intellectual and Chinese moderniser mind as it grappled with the challenges and uncertainties of those times. An important contribution to the study of Sino-Indian interactions, the book will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of nation, nationalism, civilization, empire, modern history, translation studies, Chinese Studies, and Asian studies.

This book is a collection of contributions related to India–China relationship beyond the issue of borders. It focuses on those elements that play important role in defining, continuing, and strengthening the interaction between the two countries.  In doing so, it explores roles of language and linguistics, history and culture, politics and economy, and philosophy and sociology that mediated ancient and modern interfaces. The book observes the role of silk route in the economic, political, and scholarly exchanges between ancient civilizations and in the movement of Buddhism to China and other Asian nations. The contributors highlight how the two countries have co-existed in various eras and tackled issues of conflict and cooperation during lows and highs in the past and present. It pays special attention to the role of language and linguistic competence as an important component of socio-cultural comprehension of a society and introduces major innovations and challenges in teaching and learning the Chinese language. The wide-ranging contributions make the book an attractive resource for academics, think-tanks, diplomats, and researchers working on Asian/India–China studies across the globe.