A passage to Asia : 25 centuries of exchange between Asia and Europe / conceived by Jan Van Alphen ; with contributions by Richard L. Smith [and others].

"This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'A Passage to Asia. 25 Centuries of Exchange between Asia and Europe' Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 25 June 2010-10 October 2010"--Colophon.

Summary in Dutch and French.

Includes bibliographical references.

The all-water route / Richard L. Smith -- Trade with the West in the late prehistory of Southeast Asia and the issue of "indianization" / Ian C. Glover -- Pejeng bronze drums in Bali and Java : the rise of a local tradition at a crossroads between trade routes / Ambra Calò -- Trading gold in Early Asia / Anna Bennett -- Nomads and the Chinese : the making of the Silk Road in Asia / Richard L. Smith -- The roots and influence of hellenism in Asia at the beginning of the Common Era / Jan Van Alphen -- The Igorots of the Northern Philippines : identity and anthropological perspectives / Ramon N. Villegas -- The spread of the great Asian religions -- until the first millennium CE / Shirley Day -- Islamic art of Southeast Asia / James Bennett -- Europeans and Christianity / Ambeth R. Ocampo, Maria Helena Mendes Pinto, Mariano Jose Dias -- The rise and decline of the Indian textile trade / David A. Henkel -- Maritime and underwater archaeology in the Philippines / Eusebio Z. Dizon, Wilfredo P. Ronquillo.