Ancient is a technical term from the early Renaissance historians meaning pre-Christian. Rome had extensive trade with India, which extended into SE Asia, Cambodia, etc. When Rome collapsed, so did India. So did half the world.
You know what I love about our Subcontinental neighbors?
They can out-Brit the Brits when it comes to criticizing the questioner before answering the damn question.
India ping.
HG Wells said he thought that King Ashoka 300 BC was the greatest
king in history. He had a great empire. Some say his father met
Alexander the Great. He sent thousands of buddhist monks to the
west. Around 300 BC there were hundreds of buddhist monks
in Alexandria ,Egypt. Influenced the early Christian teachings.
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