Exchange between Japan and India is perceived to have begun in the 6th century when Buddhism was introduced to Japan. Indian culture, filtered through Buddhism, has had a great impact on Japanese culture and that can be an important contributing factor to the Japanese people’s sense of closeness t...
History repeats itself. The Han dynasty started building a trade route from Xi’an, the ancient capital of China to the western world in about 100 to 150 BCE. The road connected the present-day countries of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and Syria in South Asia and West Asia and Uzbekist...
