About the Book: Dividing Lines: Contours of India-China Conflict
India and China the inheritors of two ancient civilizations andaeons of
neighbourly bonds cemented by Buddhism and thebridge-building missions of
Fa-Hien, Huen Tsang, Tagore and Kotnisnever witnessed strife between themselves
till the fateful autumnof 1962, when they fought a short but bitter border war
on thedesolate heights of the Himalayas. Mutual suspicion and sporadicface-offs
have ever since bedevilled relations between the twoAsian giants, based on their
still-unsettled borders. What causedthe tragic estrangement of Asias leading
lights? In this cogent andcomprehensive analysis, the author traces the origins
of thediscord to a legacy flawed by the flip-flops of imperial
Britainsunilateral border