{"product_id":"the-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world-hardcover","title":"The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Dalrymple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilization, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Road\u003c\/i\u003e, William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India's oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the world. From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of China, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today (including zero), India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world - and our world today as we know it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Dalrymple \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of nine books, including the Duff Cooper Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Last Mughal\u003c\/i\u003e, the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eReturn of a King\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Cundill History Prize and one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2019. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, in addition to writing regularly for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018, he was presented with the British Academy's prestigious President's Medal for his outstanding literary achievement and for co-founding the Jaipur Literature Festival. Dalrymple currently cohosts the podcast Empire with Anita Anand. He lives with his wife and three children on a goat farm outside Delhi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.2 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978236789037,"sku":"9781639734146","price":31.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/GUWx2XBXYQ9781639734146.webp?v=1775801192","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}