The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by William Dalrymple

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

William Dalrymple

492 pages first pub 2024 (view editions) user-added

nonfiction history
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This book is ideal for readers who enjoy expansive historical narratives that explore the profound global influence of ancient civilizations through cultural, philosophical, and technological exchanges.

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India is the forgotten heart of the ancient worldFor 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, litera...

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