After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum ...

The chosen location for the museum was the site of what is believed to have been the world’s first mechanised factory – a former silk mill, rebuilt in the late 19th century.

The pidan – often used as canopies or tapestries during special events and Buddhist ceremonies – will be preserved at the museum. This is the third time the NGO has made similar donations, with 25 ...

During this period, foreign invasion, transcontinental trade, and missionary zeal opened the region to an unprecedented wealth of foreign cultural influences ... popularly known as the Silk Road, ...