This 6-volume series on The History OF Imperial China by Harvard University is an affordable set for readers not able, or willing, to pay for a similar series published by Cambridge University which sells at RM300 to RM500 per book. This set sells at about RM110 per book.
This set was published between 2007 and 2010. The I highly recommend reading this set for connoisseurs of Chinese history.
Poser- the pagoda is an image of China and unique to Buddhism. Name its inspiration. {clue – see p 105 China between Empires}.