The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations continues with a video on the Gupta empire representing the golden age of Classical India. Discover the ...

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

This enchanting work of ancient history offers an important backdrop to understanding contemporary India. Dalrymple recovers a period that lasted from around 250 BC until roughly the eighth century, ...

From being the ‘Sone Ki Chidiya’ (Golden Bird) to one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, this is India’s epic journey ...

The award-winning historian William Dalrymple narrates a version in The Golden Road, an outstanding new account of ancient India’s cultural conquest of the globe.

However, it took William Dalrymple’s The Golden Age — How Ancient India Transformed the World, published earlier this year, to give us a near-complete idea of how central India was to ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road, says historian William Dalrymple. It was a route that ran from the Roman Empire in the West, to Korea and Japan in the Far ...

In The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World, William Dalrymple breathes life into a glorious era of the Indic world, one that was chronicled by the likes of Xuanzang and many others.

Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road, says historian William Dalrymple. It was a route that ran from the Roman Empire in the West, to Korea and Japan in the Far East, enriching the ...