Catalog of an exhibition held at the British Library May 7-Sept. 12, 2004. — 366 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.)
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The rise of Sogdian merchants and the role of the Huns : the historical importance of the ancient Sogdian ancient letters / Etienne de la Vaissière
How much for a camel? : a new understanding of money on the Silk Road before AD 800 / Helen Wang
Iranians, Indians, Chinese and Tibetans : the rulers and ruled of Khotan in the first millennium / Prods Oktor Skjærvø
Jade and the Silk Road : trade and tribute in the first millennium / Carol Michaelson
The Tibetan military system and its activities from Khotan to Lop-Nor / Tsuguhito Takeuchi
Official life at Dunhuang in the tenth century : the case of Cao Yuanzhong / Rong Xinjiang
Where chan and tantra meet : Tibetan syncretism in Dunhuang / Sam van Schaik and Jacob Dalton
Dunhuang characters and the dating of manuscripts / Imre Galambos
Star charts on the Silk Road : astronomical star maps in ancient China / Jean-Marc Bonnet-Bidaud and Françoise Praderie
Aurel Stein, the British Museum and the India Office / Frances Wood
A short history of the conservation of the Dunhuang manuscripts in London / Mark Barnard and Frances Wood