对等主体间农业科技文化的互动交流——浅谈秦汉时期中印农业科技文化的交流

The Interactive Exchange of Agricultural Science and Technology Between China and India During the Qin-Han Period——A Brief Introduction to Agricultural Sci-tech and Culture Exchange Between China and India in the Qin and Han Dynasties

秦汉时期,由于国家的统一,传统农业经济和科技得以迅速发展。加之交通网络的形成和秦汉王朝对岭南地区的移民和开发,中原王朝农业科技文化对外交流逐渐兴盛。这一时期作为古老农业大国的中国和印度在作物品种、农业生产技术和生产工具以及工艺制品等农业科技文化领域有着广泛的交流。两国之间的这种交流是两个对等主体的不同文化类型的相互渗透,是一种双向的互动,在两国间产生了积极的回应,丰富了各自的农业文化体系;同时,也奠定了历史时期两国之间频繁交流的基本内容和模式。

In the Qin-Han period, China and India conducted extensive exchanges in agricultural science and technology. The crop assortments, agricultural production technology and the production tools, as well as the craft product have spread mutually. The development of transportation and the establishment of administrative machinery in the Qin and Han Dynasties have provided the condition for the exchange. The cultural exchange between the two countries in agriculture was mutual infiltration of two different cultural types. It has had positive response in two countries and has enriched both of their agricultural culture systems. At the same time, it laid the basic content and format of the frequent exchange between the two countries in historical period.