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Silk route edit
[Transcluded from Talk:Xaidulla#Silk route] See:
- History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume II: The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 B.C. to AD> 250 (PDF), UNESCO Publishing, pp. 492–493, ISBN 978-92-3-102846-5
for a map of the Silk Route during the Han period. The "Kashmir branch" went via Tashkurgan and Gilgit, which is now known as the Karakoram Highway. There was no Xaidulla in the picture. No Skardu or Leh either. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 18:21, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
This was also the route taken by all the Buddhist travellers in ancient times.
The road from Kashmir to Khotan, though difficult was not long. It passed along the upper valley of the Indus up to Darel and then proceeding north-westward along the Yasin valley it went over hills and valleys up to Task-Kurghan [Tashkurgan]. From Task-Kurghan to Khotan it was a westward journey [eastward journey] over the Bolor Tagh range. This has been the usual route to Khotan from Kashmir even in recent times. It was also followed by the first Chinese traveller, Fa-hien, while coming from Khotan to India towards the end of the 4th century. His example was also followed by other Chinese travellers to India as well as by Indian travellers to Central Asia and China.[1]
-- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:34, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
References
- ^ Bagchi, Prabodh Chandra (2011), Bangwei Wang; Tansen Sen (eds.), India and China: Interactions through Buddhism and Diplomacy: A Collection of Essays by Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi, Anthem Press, pp. 186–, ISBN 978-0-85728-821-9