79 reviews for:

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

William Dalrymple

4.09 AVERAGE

beccaattiffanys's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

robinwalter's review against another edition

4.5

challenging informative medium-paced

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Dense, fascinating and written with obvious passion. A bit overlong for my taste, but  well-argued and researched with copious documentation. The overall effect was to made the author's point about Ancient India's impact on the world - then and now, from Angkor Wat to Al-Kwhwarizmi, from chess to clocks and from madrasas to matriculation. 

sucharita's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous informative relaxing medium-paced

sembray's review against another edition

4.0

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gargantua's review against another edition

4.25

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simonfromtaured's review against another edition

4.0

informative fast-paced

nanc_282's review against another edition

4.0

funny informative inspiring medium-paced

wayneg's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

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Great scholarship - almost a 100 pages of footnotes - and a beautifully presented book, almost a work of art from a man who clearly loves the culture, history and people of India. There’s lots to learn here - why do we not appreciate how India was the original home of the numerals he describes as the only universal language  we have for example - but at times I found the case a little too forced, by the time the Christian Spanish take Toledo I thought we had started a long way from the central thesis.

dbeck88's review against another edition

5.0

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced