One of the big contentions of popular historian William Dalrymple’s latest book “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World,” which came out in the United States a few weeks ...

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, ...

Today's WorldView How ancient India changed the world. The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

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 ...

Focus on the history of the ancient ‘Silk Road’ may have overshadowed the powerful influence of India on the many cultures with which it traded.

Ancient India: living traditions – 'ethereal and sensual' exhibition. The Week UK. Fri, May 30, 2025 at 6:01 AM UTC. 2 min read. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its ...

India's Girish Malik is readying a docu-drama being presented at the European Film Market, which aims to offer ancient solutions to modern problems.

Ancient India: living traditions: The British Museum botches a beautiful topic Academic point-scoring over long-dead excavators turns a potentially grand narrative into a series of inside-baseball ...

Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India: Living Traditions is a very respectful and carefully managed show of religious art by the British Museum in which, quite honestly, the stirring ...

The ancient festival has Hindu roots, but growing numbers worldwide are taking part in the celebration, which features bonfires, singing, dancing, prayer, feasting and clouds of pigmented powder.

Five ancient urns, packed with ashes, gold, and sparkling gems, were found more than a century ago in a stupa in Piprahwa. ... following opposition from India, which claims the jewels as its and the ...