The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
by William Dalrymple
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"The Golden Road puts ancient and early medieval India at the heart of an empire of ideas, trade, science, religion and culture. In this masterful work, William Dalrymple, the co-host of a popular history podcast, aims to correct “India’s often forgotten position” as a cultural and economic superpower that, in his telling, transformed Asia and much of the world."
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