ASIA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Greater India, Nations Of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Kushan Empire
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Asia 100 - introduction to traditional asia - lecture 18: india"s regional influence. Penumbra - it is a partial shadow, suggesting that india influenced regions around it. Occupied a definite space with fuzzy boundaries. Was not homogenous, but irregularly spread in centers and periphery. Was not a thing but process - of cultural innovation and spread. Influencing region outside of the main geographic location. Many states in se asia was indianized. Mostly by trade and adoption of court culture. 4 zones: central asia, east asia, southeast asia, middle east, europe. Key points on each zone (india central asia) Source of conquest states in successive waves: 1st: iranian-spreaking shakas, pahlavas, and kushanas (1st c. ) 3rd: turkish sultans of delhi, from 1206. Example: kushana patronage of buddhism -> east asia. Indian buddhist go to central asia east asia. East asian buddhist pilgrims go to central asia india (memoirs by faxian, xuanzang, Indian learning well-received in china: mathematics/astronomy and linguistics.
