Synopsis The book is a unique account of a journey undertaken by the writer along the oldest and the greatest international route, the famous silk Road that  connected the continents of Asia and Europe, from China Sea to the Mediterranean.

The contact between the East and the Weat catalysed the co-existence of various religions on the Silk Road and the earliest to make its presence felt was Buddhism. Around the first century AD it had travelled from India to several parts of Central Asia and China spreading the words of the Buddha.

The Book covering a vast region of China takes the reader through the dreadful deserts of the Gobi and the Taklamakan, over the snowy range of the Pamir, meandering through innumerable oases dotting the foot of the Tienshan and Kunlun range and traces beautiful river valleys. It takes a peep into the splendid grottoes and cliff theatres of the Silk Road where the Great Buddha still lives and breathes. The book offers an unforgettable train of awe-inspiring stupas, monasteries, paintings and sculptures even as it traces the complex and curious past of an immense heritage.

The exciting journey along the ancient route begins from Xian, the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and traverse the provinces of Gansu, Xinjiang, Sichuan and Tibet and traces, through maps, the several branch roads that were a conduit for trade, commerce, art and religion between the two Asian giants-India and China.