TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dalrymple,William
TI  - The Golden Road: how ancient India transformed the world 
SN  - 9781639734146
AV  - DS423 .D157 2025
U1  - 934 23
PY  - 2025///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
KW  - Civilization, Ancient
KW  - Indic influences
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - Ancient influences
KW  - Civilisation moderne et contemporaine
KW  - Influence ancienne
KW  - Civilisation ancienne
KW  - Influence de l'Inde
KW  - Kulturkontakt
KW  - gnd
KW  - India
KW  - Civilization
KW  - History
KW  - 324 B.C.-1000 A.D
KW  - 1000-1526
KW  - Inde
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - 324 av. J.-C.-1000
KW  - Südostasien
KW  - Naher Osten
KW  - Indien
KW  - sears
KW  - Informational works
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Documents d'information
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -