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  • The Golden Road

  • How Ancient India Transformed the World
  • Written by: William Dalrymple
  • Narrated by: William Dalrymple
  • Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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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.
©2024 William Dalrymple (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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  • Categories: History
Southeast Asia India South Asia Ancient
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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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