SILK ROAD
Baghdad, Iraq to Sinkiang China.
|
Village |
Country |
AKA |
Remarks |
|
Seleucia |
Iraq |
>Baghdad |
Follow Diz River |
|
Khanaqin |
Iraq / Iran |
|
Then over Khanaqin Pass |
|
Kermanshah |
Iran |
|
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> |
Behistun |
Iran |
>Bisitun |
Past cliff carvings of Darius |
|
Ecbatana |
Iran |
>Hamadan |
Then thru Caspian Gate |
|
Kazvan |
Iran |
|
At foothill of Elburz Mtns |
|
Tehran |
Iran |
> |
Follow Panjshir River NE |
|
Chalus |
Iran |
|
On shore of Caspian Sea |
|
Behshahr |
Iran |
|
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Meshad |
Iran |
>Mashhad |
|
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Hasanabad |
Iran |
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Torbat-e Jam |
Iran |
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Kohsan |
Afghanistan |
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Herat |
Afghanistan |
> |
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WINTER |
Afghanistan |
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Farah |
Afghanistan |
|
Then cross Helmand River |
|
Kandahar |
Afghanistan |
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Ghazni |
Afghanistan |
|
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SUMMER |
Afghanistan |
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Obeh |
Afghanistan |
|
Follow Hari River east |
|
Daulat Yar |
Afghanistan |
|
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Bamian |
Afghanistan |
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Then over Shibar Pass |
|
Kabul |
Afghanistan |
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AT Kabul, the Silk Road split into several directions. One went northeast while another went north through Bactria. Yet a third headed southeast into Pakistan and then to India.
SILK ROAD
continued
Kabul to China
|
Kabul |
Afghanistan |
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Charjkar [Begram], |
Afghanistan |
|
Past sand dunes |
|
Zebak |
Afghanistan |
|
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Zarkhari |
Afghanistan |
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Ishkashim |
Afghanistan |
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Shikarf |
Afghanistan |
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Enter narrow gorge |
|
Khandut |
Afghanistan |
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Qala Panja |
Afghanistan |
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Kharat |
Afghanistan |
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Sarhad |
Afghanistan |
|
Then over Daliz Pass |
|
Langar |
Afghanistan |
|
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Gumbaz |
Afghanistan |
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Then over Wakhjir Pass |
|
Sinkiang Province, |
China |
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PEPPER ROUTE
Kabul to Delhi, India
|
Kabul |
Afghanistan |
|
Follow Kabul River east |
|
Jagdalak |
Afghanistan |
|
Then over Lataband Pass |
|
Nimla |
Afghanistan |
|
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Jalalabad |
Afghanistan |
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Loe Dakka |
Afghanistan |
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Then over Khyber Pass |
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Peshawar |
Pakistan |
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Delhi |
India |
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http://www.ancientroute.com/SilkRoad.htm
Edited by Cyrus Shahmiri