South Korea has issued a postage stamp on 10th July 2015 on Gyeongju Silk Road Cultural Festival .It depicts Taj Mahal and Camel(State animal of Rajasthan). Gyeongju Silk Road Cultural Festival 2015 will be held from 21th of August to 18th of October this year(59days) in Gyeongju.Gyeongju is believed as the Eastern Silk Road. As a capital of Silla Dynasty, the city had an opportunity to exchange and cooperate with many important cities on the Silk Road.
A variety of exhibitions, performances, experiences, images about various cultures will be presented to the visitors during the festival. In particular, ‘Silla, Korea’s Golden Kingdom’ which was a special exhibition of the New York Metropolitan Museum in 2013 will be displayed in Gyoungju National Museum.
Silk Road Sites in India
| No. | Name of Property | State, Province or Region | Area (ha.) | Geographic (lat/long) or UTM Coordinates of approximate centre point |
| 1. | Ruins of Ancient Vaishali | Bihar
Vaishali | 2.77 (Vaishali)
7.30 (Kolhua) | 25 59 N 85 6 E |
| 2. | Remains of Vikramshila Ancient University | Bihar
Bhagalpur | 42.35 | 25 19 N 87 17 E |
| 3. | Buddhist remains of Kushinagar | Uttar Pradesh, Kushinagar | 6.4 (Kushinagar)
1.66(Ramabhar) | 26 45 N 83 55 E |
| 4. | Sravasti | Uttar Pradesh, Sravasti | 164.814 | 27 31 N 82 02 E |
| 5. | Kaushambi | Uttar Pradesh, Kaushambi | 362.341 | 25 20 N 81 23 E |
| 6. | Ahichhatra | Ramnagar, tehsil Aonla, district Barreilly, Uttar Pradesh | 187.545 | |
| Ancient Site and Buddhist Stupa (Sanghol)” | State- Punjab, Distt. Fatehgarh Sahib, Tehsil- Khamanu, Locality- Sanghol (Uncha Pind) | 220mX200m | 30 47N 76 23E | |
| Arikamedu, Early Historic Site | Union Territory 0f Pondicherry | 13.89 Hectares(34.33 acres) | 11 55 N 79 50E | |
| Excavated Remains of Kaveripattinam(Excavated remains of Buddhist vihara and temple at Pallavaneswaram-Melaiyur) | Nagapattinam district,Tamil Nadu | 0.405 hec
(1.03 acres) | 11 12 50 N
79 52 50 E | |
| 10 | Ancient monastery and stupa together with adjacent land (Harwan) | Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmir Valley | 74 kanals 06 Marla | 34 9N 74 84E |
| 11 | Mound Locally
Known as Burud Kot (Nalla Sopara Stupa) Maharashtra, | Dist.-Thane
Tehsil-Vasai Locality- Nalla Sopara | 1.0415
Hect. | 19 25N 72 47E |
| 12 | Indraprastha | NCT Delhi | 19.010 approximate | 28 34 N 77 12E |
