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HIMALAYA CALLING the Origins of China and India World Century In Commemoration of the 2014 Diamond Jubilee (50th anniversary) of the Panchsheel (Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence) HIMALAYA CALLING The Origins of China and India Chung Tan 谭中 Instituteby of Chinese Studies, India Foreword by Shivshankar Menon Former National Security Advisor, Government of India Preface by Nirupama Rao Former Indian Ambassador to the United States About the Author Born in 1929, Dr Chung Tan who attained his MA & Ph.D He was also the driving force and editor of the “Across of (History), D.Litt. (honaris causa), taught in Indian universities the Himalayan Gap” series, containing “An Indian Quest for four decades. He was Head of Department of Chinese for Understanding China” and “A Chinese Quest for and Japanese Studies in Delhi University from 1971 to 1978, Understanding India” published both in India and China. Chairman of Centre for Afro-Asian Languages, and Chairman He has been invited as a speaker to many international of Centre for East Asian Languages of Jawaharlal Nehru conferences on oriental studies, Chinese history, culture, University during 1980s and 1990s until he retired from Buddhism, Sino-Indian studies and Dunhuang studies among university teaching in 1994. He was Professor-Consultant others. He has been a regular commentator on current affairs and head of East Asia section of Indira Gandhi National for Chinese language newspapers and journals in Beijing, Centre for the Arts from 1990 to 1999. He was also the co- Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore and Malaysia. chairman of Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi (1990-2003). Dr Tan was awarded the third highest civilian award in the Now settled at Chicago, IL, USA , he authored and edited Republic of India, “Padma Bhushan”, in 2010 and is the 20 books in English and Chinese, including India and China: second Chinese scholar (after Ji Xianlin 季羡林) to have Twenty Centuries of Civilizational Interaction and Vibrations been awarded this honour. He is also the fourth Chinese to (co-authored with Prof. Geng Yinzeng of Peking University), be awarded the highest honorary degree of Deshikottama which is a part of the series of History of Science, Philosophy from Tagore’s Visva-Bharati University (in 2013) after and Culture in Indian Civilization (published by Centre for Zhou Enlai 周恩来, Tan Yun-shan 谭云山 and Wu Baihui Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi), and Tagore and China 巫白慧. He was also one of the nine awardees of the China- (SAGE, India), and the Chinese version of India and China, India Friendship award and received this award from Premier Tagore and China and Chindia—Idealism and Realization. Wen Jiabao in 2010. Preferred Publisher of Leading Thinkers HIMALAYA CALLING The Origins of China and India by Chung Tan 谭中 (Institute of Chinese Studies, India) Foreword by Shivshankar Menon Former National Security Advisor, Government of India Preface by Nirupama Rao Former Indian Ambassador to the United States Himalaya Calling: The Origins of China and India will take the reader through a journey through the periods of time and places starting from the beginning of civilization from the Himalayas and extending into the Himalaya Sphere. The chapters in the book enable the reader to view the dynamics of China and India from the geo- civilizational paradigm of the Himalaya Sphere. Among the other new concepts introduced is a new understanding of the Buddhist tryst with China’s developing process as a super-state and the interaction of the dynamics of ‘wandering ascetics’ from India and ‘householder’ in China. It conveys the message of two ‘civilization-states’ as akin to oases in the desert of modern ‘nation-states’ and advocates the Indian spiritual goal of ‘vasudhaiva kutumbakam’ (the whole world is one single family) and the Chinese spiritual goal of ‘tianxia 天下大同 400pp Dec 2014 datong ’ (grand harmony all-under-Heaven). The book is a culmination of decades of learning by the author who has lived in both 978-1-938134-59-3 the countries. The reader will begin to understand the shared origins of China and uS$98 £65 SGd126 India and how the civilizations have been linked through the ages. It is a must-read for all the leaders of China and India and their policy makers. 978-1-938134-60-9(ebook) uS$127 £85 SGd164 Readership: Policy makers, historians, leaders in China and India and anyone interested in knowing more about China and India. ORDER FORM Please complete the form and send it to any of our offices below or order online @ www.worldscientific.com. Alternatively, you can send your order directly to your regular book supplier. NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA euroPe & tHe MIddLe eASt ASIA & tHe reSt of tHe WorLd World Scientific Publishing Co. Inc. World Scientific Publishing (uK) Ltd. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. 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