Russia reached the frontiers of Afghanistan and Chinese Turkistan, while in the far east by the treaty of Aigun (1858) it obtained from China territory running east from the rivers Amur and Ussuri to the Pacific seaboard, and the naval base of Vladivostok was founded.
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Since Emperor Ashoka’s reign (268–232 BCE), Indian civilization and art have expanded from Khotan to Chinese Turkistan and then disseminated to the Far East.
