Ferdinand von Richthofen’s catchy meta- phor for an ancient trade route crisscrossing Asia and Europe symbolizing mystery and exotic splendour, the Silk Route seems to have returned to political consciousness today. Historically, this trade route facilitated not only movement of goods, but also linked various civilizations: transmitting cultures, traditions, beliefs, religions, languages and technologies.
Symbol of Exotic Splendour
Khush-Hal Lagdhyan
REVIVAL OF THE SILK ROUTE: GROWING ROLE OF INDIA by Mohammad Monir Alam and Willayat Ali Lancers Books, New Delhi, 2014, 178 pp., 495
March 2014, volume 38, No 3