India and the Silk Roads

Explore the world of caravan trade in India and the Silk Roads, where merchants, pilgrims, and mercenaries traveled not only with goods and money, but also with powerful ideas and secrets. This book challenges the notion that overland connectivity became obsolete during the ages of sail and steam, illustrating how it was critical to political power until the 19th century. Experience a continental interior through a global history, examining the material and textual remnants of caravan trade in the "age of empires". Lally's narrative resonates with modern times as the Belt and Road Initiative transforms Eurasia.