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The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
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DALRYMPLE, WILLIAM
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ISBN: 9781408864432
Author: DALRYMPLE, WILLIAM
A revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas
From the award-winning, bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping Empire podcast.
Praise for the book:
- "Richly woven, highly readable ... Written with passion and verve" – Spectator
- "Dazzling ... Not just a historical study but also a love letter" – Guardian
- "An outstanding new account ... The most compelling retelling we have had for generations" – Financial Times
India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world.
In the millennium and a half from c. 250 BC to 1200 AD, Indian art, religion, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics, and mythology blazed a trail across the world—a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific.
Here, William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India's oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the culture and technology of not only its ancient world but of the world as we know it today.
Praise for William Dalrymple and The Anarchy
- "A superb historian with a visceral understanding of India" – The Times
- "Magnificently readable, deeply researched and richly atmospheric" – Francis Wheen, Mail on Sunday
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