Central Asia was a great centre of Indian culture in the early centuries of the Christian era.
The ivory work found in Begram (Afghanistan) is similar to Indian workmanship in Kushan times.
Indian culture had also spread to Tibet and China through central Asia
Buddhism reached China at the beginning of the first century CE and from there it spread to Japan
The Sailendra empire emerged as the important empire in southeast Asia
Rajaraja â… â€“ Chola king allowed the Sailendra king – Maravijayottungavarman to build a Buddhist
Indian settlements in the Indian ocean continued till the 13th century.
The cultural contacts between India and Burma (Myanmar) date back to the period of Ashoka
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