Was the discovery of India by the Chinese was similar to Columbus' discovery of the Americas?

by Siantlark

What about the other way around? Did the discovery of Chinese civilization send shockwaves through Indian civilization?

How did this affect Chinese understandings of "barbarians"? Was a similar concept in place in India that was challenged?

Was there a large scale transfer of culture, technology, and ideas between the two? Most people focus on the transfer of Buddhism from India to China, but did anything else have a huge impact?

amazondad

Discovery of India by chinese? What are you talking about?

If you can put the question clearly, I'll be happy to help you with an answer.