Prologue -- I. Mohabharot -- Full chakra : Patna, Bodh Gaya -- East is east : Rajgir, Nalanda, back to Patna -- Golden temples, iron walls : Delhi, Amritsar, Harmandir Sahib and the Sikhs, Wagah and entering Pakistan, back to Delhi -- The shoulders of giants : Lahore, Taxila -- Crosshairs across worlds : back in Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan, Quetta -- II. Iranzamin -- New familiar faces : Quetta Airport, Zahedan to Kerman, Rayen, Mashhad -- Nothing in my cloak but God : Neyshabur, Tus -- Rise and rise again : Yazd, Esfahan, Kashan -- A gate for all nations : Shiraz, Takht-e Jamshid -- Never too old : Ahvaz, Chogha Zanbil, Shush, Tehran, Tabriz -- About the author.

"In 2011, Zeeshan Khan decided to travel from Dhaka via India and Pakistan to Iran and on to Europe. This book traces his journey till he left the borders of Iran, a distance he completed in about 60 days. For Khan the journey was about travelling along a historical route steeped in cultures, languages, religions and races, woven together as a an indivisible whole, elements of which had gone into making him the cosmopolitan, yet rooted, South Asian individual. While India represented somewhat familiar terrain, travelling through contemporary Pakistan and Iran was a particular eye-opener for the author. Much of the current realities of the region are reflected in the book, along with Khan's own commentary about what he observed and encountered. Equally a pleasure to read for the armchair traveller or the seasoned one, the book is a stunning snapshot of life along a well-worn route known for its spiritual depth and philosophical richness"--Provided by publisher.