Asian Trade Routes (NIAS)

First Published in 2004. These essays deal with the Western penetration of Asia from the earliest times to the recent past in the quest for trade, and by means of opening up routes and communications to bridge East and West, thereby influencing societies, economies and cultures. The relevant sections cover West Asia, Central Asia and Afghanistan, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.

Karl Reinhold Haellquist, a Senior Research Fellow at the Scandinavian (Nordic) Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, also heads the information unit of the Institute.