The Southern Silk Route

ISBN-13: 9781032654539 / Miękka / 2024 / 384 str.

Opis

Southern Silk Route is the historic route, which runs from China to Myanmar and ends up in Assam. It served as a major artery of ancient trade articles. The book attempts to sketch out the historical dimensions of the route.
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Spis treści

PART I: History, People, Trade and Culture: Identities across Southern Silk Route 1. Southern Silk Route: A Perspective 2. The Polity of Yelang 夜郎 and the Origins of the Name ‘China’ 3. South Silk Road: An Analysis of its Character 4. Myanmar and Yunnan: Cultural Exchanges along Southern Silk Route c. 600 bc-400 ce 5. Horse, Silver, and Cowries:
Yunnan in a Global Perspective 6. Haw: The Yunnanese in Thailand and Laos in Course of Southern Silk Route 7. The Tai-Ahoms of Assam: Story of their Migration along the Southern Silk Route and Aspects of their Cultural Heritage 8. The Khamtis of Arunachal Pradesh: Migration from Myanmar to India along Southern Silk Route and Description of their Cultural Heritage. PART II: Socio-Economic Implications of Rejuvenated Southern Silk Route 9. Relevance of Myanmar in Silk Route Resurgence 10. Negotiating Transnational Identities in the Indo-Myanmar Border 11. The Kunming Initiative and Economic Prospects between Bangladesh and North-East India 12. India within BCIM: A Tale of Reluctant Engagement 13. Healthcare Implications of a Rejuvenated Southern Silk Route 14. Southern Silk Route and BCIM Discussions: Some Missing Issues
PART III: Convergences and Divergences in Today’s World: Yunnan-India Trade Scenario 15. Research on Yunnan-India Local Trade
 

O autorze

Lipi Ghosh is Professor and Head in the Department of South & South East Asian Studies at University of Calcutta. She is a former Fulbright Scholar, Asia Fellow, CWIT Fellow and ICCR Chair Professor to Lund University.