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

Throughout a span of one and a half millenniums, stretching from 250 BC to 1200 AD, India was a prominent exporter of its diverse civilization and a dominant force in the "Indosphere," influencing the rest of Asia with its soft power. Indian arts, religions, technologies, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics, and mythology spread across the world through a Golden Road spanning from the Red Sea to the Pacific, connecting different places and ideas. Like ancient Greece, ancient India provided profound answers to fundamental questions about the world and human existence. Monks, missionaries, merchants, artists, astronomers, healers, scientists, and mathematicians all emerged from India and made their mark on the world. In The Golden Road, award-winning historian William Dalrymple sheds light on India's significant role as a civilizational and economic hub in ancient Eurasia. He coins the term "Indosphere" to describe the spread of Indian ideas that influenced everything they touched, from the construction of