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Part of his book 'Extremes Along the Silk Road' is included in NCERT's class 11 English textbook. He won the Royal Geographical Society's Ness Award in 2002. [1] He has appeared on BBC 2's He met Norbu in Tibet Who later became his companion Through the Keyhole.
In 1988, UNESCO initiated a study of the Silk Road to promote understanding of cultural diffusion across Eurasia and protection of cultural heritage. [2] In August 2006, UNESCO and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China co-sponsored a conference in Turpan, Xinjiang on the coordination of applications for the Silk Road's designation as a World Heritage ...
The Silk Road [a] was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. [1] Spanning over 6,400 km (4,000 mi), it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds.
Claudius Ptolemy, the Greco-Egyptian geographer of Alexandria, wrote about a "Stone Tower" (λίθινος πύργος, Lithinos Pyrgos in Greek, Turris Lapidea in Latin) which marked the midpoint on the ancient Silk Road – the network of overland trade routes taken by caravans between Europe and Asia. It was the most important landmark on ...
Silk Road, Oasis Route, Maritime Route The Steppe Route was an ancient overland route through the Eurasian Steppe that was an active precursor of the Silk Road . Silk and horses were traded as key commodities; secondary trade included furs, weapons, musical instruments, precious stones ( turquoise , lapis lazuli , agate , nephrite ) and jewels.
Lucette Boulnois (1931–2009) was a French historian of the Silk Road and trans-Himalayan trade. Her career was book-ended by her seminal 1963 book La route de la soie , which was translated into nine languages, and her 2001 elaboration on that work titled La route de la soie-dieux, guerriers et marchands .
Jiaohe ruins. From 108 BC to 450 AD Jiaohe was the capital of the Anterior Jushi Kingdom.It was an important site along the Silk Road trade route leading west, and was adjacent to the Korla and Karasahr kingdoms to the west.
Austronesian proto-historic and historic (Maritime Silk Road) maritime trade network in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean [1]. The Maritime Silk Road or Maritime Silk Route is the maritime section of the historic Silk Road that connected Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula, eastern Africa, and Europe.