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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
TopicSamarkand

Topic: Samarkand

Dancing Shiva in Samarkand: Central Asian traders spread Hinduism, Buddhism along Silk Road

+TFP Anirudh Kanisetti -
800 years before Babur, Hindu gods were worshipped by merchant diasporas in Central Asia.

I visited the land of Babur and Timur, Uzbekistan’s ‘national hero’

+TFP Nayanima Basu -
In Uzbekistan to cover the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, I saw the land of Timur whom Indian history books will always remember as the 'plunderer' of Delhi.

Modi-Xi ‘cold war’ at SCO proves member relationships strained. India must stand on its own

Lt General Prakash Menon -
China-Russia power struggle in Central Asia can bring many opportunities. India must keep track to make most of its 2023 SCO presidency.

Forgotten story of great Hindu merchants in Central Asia shows enterprise can defeat China

+TFP Praveen Swami -
The fortunes Indian merchants built in Samarkand, Bukhara and Tashkent were based on a single, simple thing: Selling all that Central Asian consumers needed.

Modi played all the right geopolitical cards in Samarkand. Strategic clarity beats ambiguity

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

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Opinion

Economy

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

Mayank Kumar -
As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Defence

Wang Yi to visit India this month, Modi to travel to China, Putin comes in later this year

Snehesh Alex Philip -
PM could visit Japan on 30 August before heading to China. Sources say, bilaterals being planned with Jinping and Putin on SCO sidelines in China.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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