{"product_id":"the-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world","title":"The Golden Road","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003epodcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Richly woven, highly readable... Written with passion and verve'\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dazzling... Not just a historical study but also a love letter'\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding new account...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe most compelling retelling we have had for generations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003cspan\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndia is the forgotten heart of the ancient world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, 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. William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India's oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistory and Archaeology, Philosophy and Religion, The Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Dalrymple\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e496 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 234mm W: 153mm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44152251711638,"sku":"9781408864425","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket--55_8a9543b8-f5a0-4eb1-98a3-4f0a758cb53b.jpg?v=1728359451","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/the-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}