Can you recall even one Indian explorer... China atleast had Hieun Tsang?

Answer 1

Indian culture can be seen in south east countries like Thailand Vietnam combodia srilanka......

And if you study more you will see its influence even westwards.

How do you think it reached there?

Chinese sholin school learnt its Martial art frm an Indian prince/Traveller.

The vast extent of Indian cultural influences, from Central Asia in the North to tropical Indonesia in the South, and from the Borderlands of Persia to China and Japan, has shown that ancient India was a radiating center of a civilization, which by its religious thought, its art and literature, was destined to leave its deep mark on the races wholly diverse and scattered over the greater part of Asia."

The Chinese literary texts refer to maritime and trade activity between India and China as far back as the seventh century B. C. Recent excavations in Philippines, Malay Peninsula, and Indonesia confirm of early and extensive trade which continued down to the historical period. It was this naval supremacy that enabled Indians to colonize the islands in the Indian Archipelago. Shortly, after, there grew up a regular traffic between India and China, both by land and sea. India also came in close contact with the Hellenic world. We learn from ancient authority that in the processions of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285-246 B.C.) were to be found Indian women, Indian hunting dogs, Indian cows, also Indian spices carried on camels, and that the yachts of the ruler of Egypt had a saloon lined with Indian stones. Everything indicates that there was a large volume of sea-trade between India and the western countries as far as African coast. From the coast the goods were carried by land to the Nile, and then down the river to Alexandria which was a great emporium in those days.

There was a mercantile colony of Indians in an island off the African coast in the first century A.D. The adventurous spirit of the Indians carried them even as far as the North Sea, while their caravans traveled from one end of Asia to the other.

Indian communities existed in Alexandria and other Egyptian towns and there were also settlements on the coasts of the Persian Gulf.

"Aryan words and people came to America by the island chains of Polynesia. The very name of the boat in Mexico is a South Indian (Tamil) word: Catamaran.

(source: The Ayar-Incas - By Miles Poindexter published by Horace Liveright New York volume 1-2. 1930).

The Hindu goddess Maya, - "the cosmic illusion" the female energy, "mother of gods and men" - is sometimes represented as the sakti. This same "mother of the gods" was carried to America and appeared in the Maya theogony of Yucatan under the same name, - May, - in the same functions she performed in India. In Mexico, Maya was also called "the mother of the gods". Other names for her were "nourisher of the human race" "type of earth mother."

(source: The Ayar-Incas - By Miles Poindexter published by Horace Liveright New York volume 1-2. 1930 p. 133-135).

In a temple in Guatemala is a statue of an incarnation of Vishnu as Kurma, the tortoise. The sculpture is richly detailed and strongly suggests that it might have been wrought by Hindu hands. In Palenque Temple of the Sun in Mexico Surya occupies the place of honor.

Even Yama, the god of death of Hindu mythology, has found his way to Mexico and Peru, while typically Hindu lotus and chakras motifs adorn the temples. Maya and Aztec architectural styles are remarkably similar to those in India and South east Asia. In both areas the chief structures were pyramid shaped, with serpent balustrades and surmounted

It is not without reason that the Spanish author Lopez says in his book Le Races Aryans de Peru: "Every page of Peruvian poetry bears the imprint of Ramayana and Mahabharata."

Sir Edward B. Taylor also found the counterparts of the tortoise myth of India in ancient America. "The striking analogy between the tortoise myth of North America and India is by no means a matter of new observation; it was indeed noticed by Father Lafitan nearly a century and half ago. Three greatest features of the Asiatic stories are found among the North American Indians in their fullest and clearest development..."

(source: Early History of Mankind - By E. B. Taylor).

do you think these cultural exchanges took place without human contact and travels?

Indian exploration dimished with Mugals who paid no attention to navy . But even when English entered India their records mention that Indian ships were better at that time.

Answer 2

Asoka's son Mahinda travelled to Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) in 247 C.E. Atisha (982-1054) travelled to Tibet from India (1042). "King Kaniska (78-101) convened the Fourth Buddhist Council at Jalandhar or in Kashmir around 100 C.E. (This is not recognized by the Theravadins)" -- this would have necessitated travel throughout India by the attendees. Buddhism expanded throughout southern and eastern Asia along with commercial trade.

Because the commerce of India was tied to the monsoon rains (knowledge of which was a closely guarded secret, allowing the Indians to prevent either the Chinese or Arabs or Africans from bypassing Indian ports), the greatest naval explorers of India were -- perforce -- anonymous captains and pilots and navigators. There was plenty of INDIA to explore, too, and each war of conquest might cover hundreds or thousands of square miles, certainly qualifying as "exploration."

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/map.html has an excellent animation showing how prevailing winds governed who could explore where and when. Cheng Ho, the admiral of China's famous 1421 treasure fleet, was able to travel beyond Cochin (SW India) with the help of local pilots and navigators; with their aid, he reached what is now modern Tanzania, which suggests that the Indians already knew the route, but kept it secret (perhaps to avoid having enormous Chinese fleets seizing control of all Indian Ocean trade?!).

Answer 3

Its If Pakistan And India Attack China, We In The UK Have Harm The Two Countries With Nuclear Weapons, Which Are Near China, Russia And North Korea.

Answer 4

Well, I recall that King Asoka's son ( forget his name) was famous 4 travellin 2 South east Asia uptil Thailand & also 2 Sri Lanka spreading Buddhism . Guess this might have been abt 200 B.C.

Answer 5

i think Mahendra is the one who travelled towards china apart from Nagasena.

Answer 6

Hiawatha, didn't you read Longfellow?

Answer 7

What about Pocahontas, or Sakagawea?

Answer 8

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1506922.cms