The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World
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William Dalrymple
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William Dalrymple
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Bloomsbury presents The Golden Road written and read by William Dalrymple.
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST – A REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE DIFFUSION OF INDIAN IDEAS
‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times
India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world
For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific.
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 world. From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of China, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today (including zero), India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world – and our world today as we know it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-11-24
Fascinating
William is the history teacher you wished you had. engaging narration by the author who has also done extensive research from sources across geographies and time.
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- Guru S A
- 25-10-24
journey through the time
great l narration taking the listener through the centuries in an engaging manner. Thank you for the research and putting this book together
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-10-24
Good book on an untouched topic
This is a really good book to understand a history that is probably never discussed or documented. Really covers a diverse range of areas where India played a significant role and influenced for ages to come. Really liked the term Indosphere. It covers very well ‘what happened’, could use a deeper dive on ‘how it happened’
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- Surya Kiran Ganti
- 01-11-24
fantastic book. must read for anyone originating from India
ancient India contributed to the world in heaps band bounds and the book talks about it.
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- Ranganath Seetharamu
- 14-11-24
Educational. Must listen for every Indian
There is so much I learnt from this book that fills me with pride as an Indian. I am taking away one star from performance only because of the authors inability to pronounce the basic Indian words despite his passion and attention to detail. If you can pronounce English and French then you can pronounce Sanskrit. You can't say 'ramayaana'. That said I thank the author for this book.
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- Barry O'Brien
- 14-09-24
As usual, excellent
This is one of Williams best books, and well worth a listen. Extremely well researched and covering areas not normally covered by the typical history books that poke fun at India's achievements as the published history was written to justify colonialism. William brings to life an alternate history full of the wealth, understanding and contribution that early India gave to the development of the world we live in, and points to the future that may be unfolding. If you love history and biographies, then you will love this entertaining and beautifully presented work.
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- Vijay
- 24-10-24
An Immersive Journey Through History. Must Listen.
I thoroughly enjoyed the audiobook version of The Golden Road by William Dalrymple. Both his writing and narration are exceptional. Dalrymple packs a wealth of information into 14 hours (about 400 pages) spread across 10 chapters. I highly recommend getting the ebook or hardcover version, as they include a stunning collection of photographs.
This is a must-read for any history fan—110% recommended!
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- Bikram Singh Yadav
- 03-11-24
Detailed account in a systematic way.
Indian numbers and story of them spreading to the world through Arab world along with rise and fall of many invaders so well portrayed. Explanation and expansion of knowledge from India to the world through different religions is explained so well.
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- Kartik Matmari
- 07-10-24
Good - Could have been better
Great beginning.
Goes deeper into Bushism which is OK
Goes in a greater depth of the spread of Bushism in China (Wu Zantiang, etc) - this could have been shorter.
Speaks less about the Cholas, Pandyas, Chalukyas etc - but goes very deep into the Hindu Influence on Khmer and Angkor Vat - this becomes boring.
COMPLETELY MISSES the Vaijayanagar Empires Connection to the WORLD. - this was very suprising.
The last 2 chapters on Numbers and Mathematics is plain Boring.
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