We invoke Rudra, the mightiest of the mighty, with the thousand remedies, to protect us.” — Rigveda 2.33.1 Long before the ...

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These texts reveal curious narrative and stylistic parallels with the Rāmāyaṇa, indicating how ancient cultures ... dominant Hindu myths and culture, Penguin India pulped Wendy Doniger ...

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 charisma of ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed ... as being a very otherworldly religion. And, you know, in ...

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(Xi Jinping’s reaction was not recorded.) William Dalrymple does not deploy that Sanskrit phrase in “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.” But his audacious book’s aim ...

His new book is "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World," and ... Today we often think of Buddhism as being a very otherworldly religion. And, you know, in Hollywood movies ...