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Subash Buddhist Ruins
Buddhist Monastery · UNESCO Silk Roads (2014)The Subashi Temple is among the largest Buddhist monastic complexes of the ancient Kingdom of Kucha. The Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang once preached here on his pilgrimage to India. Artworks and architectural forms in the temple all integrated Indian, Central Asian, and Chinese cultural elements.
Wenzhou Shuomen Ancient Port
Maritime Silk Road Port · Excavated 2022The Shuomen Ancient Port Site in Wenzhou is one of the best preserved port sites along the Maritime Silk Road in the Song and Yuan Periods (10th–14th century), bearing witness to the vibrant history of maritime trade on the southeastern coast of China.
Da Ci'en Temple
Tang Imperial Buddhist Temple · 648 CEDaci'en Temple was an important imperial Buddhist temple of the Tang Dynasty (618–907). It was where the monk Xuanzang hosted the sutra translation activities and promoted the Dharma as well. This temple showcases the historical transmission of Buddhism from India to China along the Silk Road.
Kanyakubja (Kannauj)
Capital of Emperor Harsha · 7th c.Kannauj was one of the most influential political and cultural centers of northern India, and was once the capital of the Empire of Emperor Harsha. It was also an important node along the Silk Road where monk Xuanzang stopped by and recorded during his pilgrimage to the west.
Nalanda Mahavihara
Ancient University · UNESCO 2016Nalanda Mahavihara was the most prestigious Buddhist High Education Institute and International Academic Center in ancient India, attracting scholars and monks from multiple regions including Chinese monk Xuanzang. It serves as a major center of knowledge spread and exchange of civilization along the Silk Road.
Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex
Volga Bulgar Capital · UNESCO 2014Bolgar was the political, economic, and spiritual center of the Volga Bulgar civilization and a key node along the northern branch of the Silk Road. It reflects the interaction and integration of Islamic culture, the Mongol Empire, and Eurasian trade networks.
Ancient City of Sigiriya
Royal Rock Fortress · UNESCO 1982Inscribed for its outstanding 5th-century royal citadel atop a 200 m granite monolith, with the surrounding water gardens regarded as one of the earliest examples of urban planning in South Asia.
Bamiyan Valley
Cultural Landscape · UNESCO 2003 · In Danger"Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley". Carved into the Hindu Kush cliffs, the niches of the 38 m and 55 m standing Buddhas remain after their 2001 destruction.
Hormuz Strait
Persian Gulf Entrepôt · Maritime Silk RoutesStrategic chokepoint between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Documented in Marco Polo's account and Zheng He's voyages, the kingdom controlled the spice, pearl, and horse trade from the 13th to 17th centuries.
Gandhāra
Greco-Buddhist Heritage · Taxila UNESCO 1980Ancient cultural region across present-day northern Pakistan. Represented on the World Heritage List by the "Taxila" property, whose monastic and urban remains record the first fusion of Hellenistic sculpture with Buddhist iconography.
Chang'an
Tang Dynasty Capital · UNESCO Silk Roads (2014)Eastern starting point of the Silk Roads and the world's largest city in the 7th century. Inscribed on the transnational UNESCO World Heritage property "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor".
Cultural Landscape of Bali
Subak System · UNESCO 2012"Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy". A democratic water-temple network sustaining wet-rice cultivation across the Indian Ocean's eastern reach since the 11th century.