05 Feb 2007

The Silk Road in Asia - An Online Exhibition
The International Centre, Goa, India
Supplied note: "The website www.centralasia-southcaucasus.com is pleased pleased to introduce to our readers and visitors this modest on-line 'exhibition' on the Silk Route in conjunction with the holding of the International Conference on 'Reviving the Silk Route: New Initiatives and Engagements for the 21st Century' on 9-10 February 2007 at The International Centre Goa, India. This conference is organized by the Indian Council of World Affairs (New Delhi) and the International Centre, Goa.
[The seminar themese are: "Silk Route Countries: The Past inspiring the Future"; "Sovereign States in Central Asia"; "The Contemporary Economic Scenario"; and "Reviving the Silk Route: Promoting Cooperation in the Age of Globalization" - ed.]
A major objective of this exhibition is to bring the fascinating history and civilization of so many countries of Asia to the attention of the lay person. We have attempted to provide the links for the most outstanding websites which contain information on a variety of subjects in regard to the Great Silk Route. - kj."
Site contents: 1. Historical Silk Route 2. Silk Route and Religion. 3. Cuisine of the Silk Route 4. Music: Tradition and Heritage along the Silk Route 5. In the footsteps of Hsuan Tsang
URL http://www.centralasia-southcaucasus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Karuna Jha (karuna--at--incentgoa.com), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30