Whether it's through ancient trade, spiritual exchange, or migration, Indian influence has quietly shaped the societies of ...

While awaiting his turn for a darshan of Balaji at the Tirupati temple HUGH GANTZER is overwhelmed by the aura emanating from the idolThere is no logical explanation for what happened My wife Colleen ...

Archaeologists working deep within China's Xinjiang province have discovered over 200 ancient tombs which date ... one of the key destinations on the Silk Road trade route. Ekbar Kelim, a local ...

The idea of the “Silk Road ... book “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World,” which came out in the United States a few weeks ago, is that the Indian subcontinent ...

Marius Mangeac A man recently discovered nearly 1,500 silver coins from ancient Rome while hiking. Romanian man Marius Mangeac made the discovery in April while walking with his metal detector in ...

These coins, each stamped with calligraphic declarations of faith ... More recently, with a renewed interest in Silk Road studies, some scholars have suggested that the primary economic motors for all ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road ...

And they seemed to take on two distinct roles: Yungang in Datong, Shanxi province, guarded China's overland Silk Road ... "Ancient Angkor was the world's crossroads," Luo said. Artifacts unearthed at ...

"Ancient Angkor was the world's crossroads," Luo said. Artifacts unearthed at the Oc Eo port site-Roman coins, Iranian crafts ... the open spirit of the Silk Road," she said.

Before them was a safe, one of six containing a cache of 2,000-year-old gold jewelry, ornaments and coins ... Persian, Indian, Chinese and nomadic cultures along the ancient Silk Road—trading ...

The Golden Road’s rebirth ... receiving Roman gold coins in exchange for highly coveted goods. In fact, to this day, the Indian subcontinent holds the largest collection of ancient Roman gold ...