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NIOS · Class 10 · Indian Culture and Heritage

What Spread of Indian Culture Abroad covers in NIOS Class 10 Indian Culture and Heritage: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · NIOS Class 10 Indian Culture and Heritage · 2026-27

Topics in Spread of Indian Culture Abroad

1

Modes of Spread

  • Indian culture reached other lands through traders, teachers, emissaries, monks, and missionaries.
  • Trade was an important channel because merchants often settled in foreign lands and formed cultural links.
  • Ancient universities helped spread Indian knowledge because students and scholars carried ideas abroad.
2

Indian Teachers, Scholars, and Universities

  • Kashyapa Martanga and Dharmarakshita were the first Indian teachers to enter China and went there in AD 67 on the invitation of Emperor Ming Ti.
  • Acharya Kumarajiva went to China and was requested by the king to translate Sanskrit texts into Chinese.
  • Bodhidharma, from Kanchipuram, studied at Nalanda, went to China, specialised in Yoga philosophy, and popularized dhyana, known in China as ch'an.
3

Central Asia and the Silk Route

  • India maintained commercial contact with China, Central Asia, West Asia, and the Roman empire from the second century B.C.
  • The Silk Route was named because silk was a chief mercantile commodity of China.
  • There were Northern and Southern Silk Routes with specified stops.
4

China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet

  • Indian culture first entered China with Kashyapa Martanga and Dharmarakshita in AD 67.
  • In the fourth century AD, the first emperor of the Wei dynasty declared Buddhism the state religion in China.
  • Thousands of Sanskrit books were translated into Chinese.

Key Concepts

Central concept: The spread of Indian culture abroad through trade, teachers, pilgrims, scholars, and cultural exchange

Trade as a carrier of cultureTeachers, monks, and scholarsAncient universitiesSpread in East AsiaSpread in Sri LankaSpread in Southeast AsiaCentral Asia and the Silk RouteContacts with the Arab civilization

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