{"product_id":"9781408864432-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world","title":"The Golden Road","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Ancient India Transformed the World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling historian William Dalrymple reinstates India as the great  superpower of Ancient Asia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWaterstones \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eHISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHistory Today \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas,  from the award-winning, bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmpire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003epodcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Richly woven, highly readable . Written with passion and verve’ \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Dazzling . Not just a historical study but also a love letter’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding new account .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe most compelling retelling we have had for generations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndia is the forgotten heart of the ancient world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the millennium and a half from c. 250 BC to 1200 AD, Indian art, religion, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world – a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, 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 culture and technology of not only its ancient world, but of the world as we know it today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41822956978273,"sku":"9781408864432","price":12.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33740625.jpg?v=1748613838","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408864432-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}