William Dalrymple discusses 'The Golden Road' and ancient India's influence

William Dalrymple discusses 'The Golden Road' and ancient India's influence

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World."

Splendid Peacocks and Missing Shores in “The Golden Road” - Chicago Review of Books

In his new book, The Golden Road, William Dalrymple turns his gaze to the spread of Indian influence across the ancient world. This is, in many ways, a culmination of his lifelong engagement with the subcontinent’s cultural and spiritual histories and Dalrymple charts the journey of ideas—Buddhism, Hinduism, architecture, cosmology—from the Indian heartland to lands far beyond its shores. I came to The Golden Road through the popular podcast Emp…