According to Tsung Chang's research, proto-Chinese language was heavily influenced by Indo-European- Almost 2/3rd of basic Chinese vocabulary was IE loanwords!
Was the 'Yellow emperor'(~2400 BCE), father of Chinese culture & language a nomadic invader from India?
-Tsung Chang
The influence on Chinese language is also from Centum!
-Confucian text Li-Chi(Book of Rites)
He revolutionized China with wheeled wagon transportation. Where was Chariots & spoked wheels invented?