Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia

Peter Hopkirk

Oxford University Press, 1984 - Archaeology - 252 pages

The Silk Road, the great trans-Asian highway linking Imperial Rome to China, reached the height of its importance during the T'ang Dynasty. Along it travelled precious cargoes as well as new ideas, art and knowledge. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of trade. However, as the Chinese lost control of the region, it began to decline to the point where the towns disappeared beneath desert sands. Local legends grew of buried treasure guarded by demons.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia; Oxford University Press paperback; Oxford paperbacks; Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
• Author: Peter Hopkirk
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1984
• ISBN: 0192814877, 9780192814876
• Length: 252 pages