THE SILK

ROAD

P A R T 2 : F R O M T H E S O G D I A N / B U D D H I S T E R A T O T H E E V E O F

T H E MO N G O L E M

P I R E

RUINS OF A ZOROASTRIAN FIRE TEMPLE

SOGDIAN EMISSARIES

A SOGDIAN WINE MERCHANT

THE SOGDIAN WHIRL

ANOTHER DANCING SOGDIAN

DUNHUANG’S MOGAO CAVES: 4TH-15TH CENTURIES

THE BUDDHA’S MAHAPARANIRVANACAVE 158, DUNHUANG, 781-847 CE

AJANTA CAVES, 2ND CENTURY BCE

A STUPA IN A CAVE AT AJANTA

A BUDDHIST PAGODA ALONG CHINA’S NORTHERN FRONTIER

XUMISHAN BUDDHA

A SANCAI WATERMELON

A MODEL OF THE WESTERN MARKET

THE WESTERN MARKET TODAY

THE GREAT WILD GOOSE PAGODA

THE GREAT TANG ALL DAY MARKET

IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE….

XUANZANG’S HOMEWARD JOURNEY

CHINESE FISHING NETS ON INDIA’S MALABAR COAST

PALM SUNDAY, 683-770UIGHUR? NEAR TURFAN, XINJIANG

WUZHEN, A RIVER TOWN ALONG THE GRAND CANAL

DAR AL-ISLAM TO 750

INTERIOR OF A HAN IN BURSA, TURKEY

IRANIAN TRIPLE-GLAZED BOWL

CHINESE VESSEL OFF OF THE MALABAR COAST