The Golden Road : how ancient India transformed the world /
Dalrymple, William
The Golden Road : how ancient India transformed the world / How ancient India transformed the world William Dalrymple. - 413 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (chiefly color), maps 25 cm -
Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-394) and index.
Introduction : The Indosphere -- A gale of stillness -- India : 'the sink of the world's most precious metals' -- The great king, king of kings, son of God -- The sea of jewels : exploring the great library of Nalanda -- The fifth concubine -- The diaspora of the gods -- In the lands of gold -- 'He who is protected by the sun' -- The treasury of the Books of wisdom -- Fruits of the science of numbers.
"A soaring history of India's underrecognized role in producing the world as we know it. For 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. In The Golden Road, 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"--Jacket flap.
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Civilization, Ancient--Indic influences
Civilization, Modern--Ancient influences
Civilization, Modern--Indic influences
Civilisation moderne et contemporaine--Influence ancienne
Civilisation ancienne--Influence de l'Inde
Kulturkontakt
India--Civilization
India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
India--History--1000-1526
India--History
Inde--Histoire
Inde--Civilisation
Inde--Histoire--324 av. J.-C.-1000
Inde--Histoire--1000-1526
Südostasien
Naher Osten
Indien
India--Civilization
India--History
Informational works
Documents d'information
DS423 / .D157 2025
934 954
The Golden Road : how ancient India transformed the world / How ancient India transformed the world William Dalrymple. - 413 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (chiefly color), maps 25 cm -
Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-394) and index.
Introduction : The Indosphere -- A gale of stillness -- India : 'the sink of the world's most precious metals' -- The great king, king of kings, son of God -- The sea of jewels : exploring the great library of Nalanda -- The fifth concubine -- The diaspora of the gods -- In the lands of gold -- 'He who is protected by the sun' -- The treasury of the Books of wisdom -- Fruits of the science of numbers.
"A soaring history of India's underrecognized role in producing the world as we know it. For 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. In The Golden Road, 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"--Jacket flap.
9781639734146 1639734147 9781408864432 1408864436 9781639737284 1639737286
St Martins Pr, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy Us Hwy 15, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (212)6745151 SAN 631-5011
2026343989
Civilization, Ancient--Indic influences
Civilization, Modern--Ancient influences
Civilization, Modern--Indic influences
Civilisation moderne et contemporaine--Influence ancienne
Civilisation ancienne--Influence de l'Inde
Kulturkontakt
India--Civilization
India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D.
India--History--1000-1526
India--History
Inde--Histoire
Inde--Civilisation
Inde--Histoire--324 av. J.-C.-1000
Inde--Histoire--1000-1526
Südostasien
Naher Osten
Indien
India--Civilization
India--History
Informational works
Documents d'information
DS423 / .D157 2025
934 954