WHA Annual Meeting: Korea 2026

Silk Road ; the Saga of Cultural Encounter in Ancient India
2026-06-27 , Room 201 (Seats 42)

Silk Road was the channel of transportation from East Asia to Mediterranean through which ideas ,goods, technologies and religious thoughts were exchanged. As the larger continent India was also the part of this trade route. This paper is an attempt to look into the historical importance of Silk Road in India, using primary and secondary sources. This study will bring out the effects of economic exchange on the intercultural relations and how this encounter developed globalisation in ancient time especially in Indian region. Pattern of cultural diffusion and trade are explored statically with the use of description and hypothesis testing.


Trade, Culture, Relations, Silk Route, Globalisation .

Dr Rukhsana is working in the department of history as Professor. Her area of interest is cultural history and post colonial Theory. Two of her books are published. Dr Rukhsana has presented her work in US, England , Türkiye and Malaysia. She has done project with Türkiye and Uzbekistan. Now a days she is working on the project of culture and ethnography of Old cities