The ancient discovery that put a Silk Road city back on the map
After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...
Who were the Sogdians, the enigmatic silk road merchants?
Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, the Sogdians ...
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On the Ancient Silk Road, a Walk Shadowed by a Mystery
The Registan is the square in the heart of the ancient Silk Road hub of Samarqand ... along branches of the trade route. Hindu warriors attacked him in India. He survived, though stripped of ...
The era when Indian civilisation held sway over the world
How Ancient India Transformed the World', highlights India’s often-forgotten role as an economic and civilisational hub ...
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Religions of the Silk Road
He is the author of several books and articles including Religions of the Silk Road, Mughal India and Central Asia ... Was there a lingua franca on the Silk Road? During the ancient period the main ...
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Ancient universities had big reach: Dr Prashant Pole at IIDL
Just like the well-known Silk Route, there was the Spice Route for ancient trade, where India played a key role, he said.
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The Arts of the Silk Roads
Buddhist cave murals often, for example, yield a wealth of incidental information about ancient clothing ... the arts of the Silk Road. Objects and new styles were traveling across Asia at the ...