Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists have completed the first phase of a joint project to excavate the remains of an ancient empire on the Silk Road. The dig in Surxondaryo, a region in southern ...

The Kushan Empire, which ruled over most of northern India for more than 400 years until 375 CE, was also instrumental in the operation of the Silk Road. The Kushans controlled the seafaring trade ...

The dawn of the Kushan Empire is not the end of the story ... She first developed a passion for the Silk Road during a visit to the Mogao Caves in northwest China during high school. In 2019, she ...

During the Kushan Empire the Pass became a key trade and migration route between India and China. 'The Silk Road', as it was known, saw the movement of thousands of people, and goods such as wool ...

Sassanians grew wealthy, enriched by the trading routes (including the Silk Road) that passed through ... which had belonged to the Kushan empire. To manage this sprawling empire, Shapur further ...

The typical pottery of this age (Shaka-Kushan age) was red ware both in plain and polished form. It was similar to red pottery with thin fabric discovered in Kushan Empire in Central Asia.

"In other words, we have deciphered the script." This Middle Iranian language was likely one of the official languages of the Kushan Empire, which sprawled across Central Asia and northwestern ...