By offering such an intercultural environment, caravanserai were important sites for the exchange of material culture, languages and ideas. The Silk Roads connecting the regions of the Indian ...

From Assamese muga silk to jasmine oil ... we traveled the length of the subcontinent to uncover the stories behind some of the most expensive products made in India. Our first stop is Amritsar ...

The term Silk Road denotes a network of trails and trading posts, oases and emporia connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean. Along the way, branch routes led to different destinations from the main ...

With its origins in the Indian subcontinent, Buddhism is one of a number of major religions which was diffused via the Silk Roads. With the patronage of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka who ruled much of ...

The arrival of Islam in the Indian subcontinent brought new influences to textile production, including the introduction of silk weaving techniques from Persia and Central Asia. The Mughal era ...

These new influences entered China by a vast network of overland routes, popularly known as the Silk Road, which linked China with western Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Indian subcontinent. Silk ...

The Red Silk Cotton Tree comes from Indian subcontinent, where it is popularly known as Shimul or Semul, while its current scientific name is bombax ceiba. "Its other common name is Red Kapok," Dr ...