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New Book: Silk Roads: Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes
CONTENTS EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION There was no ‘Silk Road’. It is a modern label in widespread use only since the late 20th century and used since then to refer to trade and interaction across Afro-Eurasia from roughly 200 BE to … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, architecture, art, Buddhism, sericulture, Silk Road
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The Rectification of Names: Caves, Grottos or Rock-Cut Temples?
“If the names are not correct, language is without an object.” Confucius, Translated by Simon Leys. The Analects of Confucius: London and New York: W. W. Norton 1997: 13, 3. In her 2013 essay, Phyllis Granoff argued that the term … Continue reading
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Tagged Ajanta, Buddhist, cave, Dunhuang, grotto, rock-cut temple
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