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RUINS OF A ZOROASTRIAN FIRE TEMPLE
SOGDIAN EMISSARIES
A SOGDIAN WINE MERCHANT
THE SOGDIAN WHIRL
ANOTHER DANCING SOGDIAN
DUNHUANG’S MOGAO CAVES:
4TH-15TH CENTURIES
THE BUDDHA’S MAHAPARANIRVANA
CAVE 158, DUNHUANG, 781-847 CE
AJANTA CAVES, 2ND CENTURY BCE
A STUPA IN A CAVE AT AJANTA
A BUDDHIST PAGODA ALONG CHINA’S NORTHERN
FRONTIER
XUMISHAN BUDDHA
A SANCAI WATERMELON
A MODEL OF THE WESTERN MARKET
THE WESTERN MARKET TODAY
THE GREAT WILD GOOSE PAGODA
THE GREAT TANG ALL DAY MARKET
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE….
XUANZANG’S HOMEWARD JOURNEY
CHINESE FISHING NETS ON INDIA’S MALABAR COAST
PALM SUNDAY, 683-770
UIGHUR? NEAR TURFAN, XINJIANG
WUZHEN, A RIVER TOWN ALONG THE GRAND CANAL
DAR AL-ISLAM TO 750
INTERIOR OF A HAN IN BURSA, TURKEY
IRANIAN TRIPLE-GLAZED BOWL
CHINESE VESSEL OFF OF THE MALABAR COAST