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

The Golden Road : How Ancient India Transformed the World, William DalrympleNew Paperback 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 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

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