Historian William Dalrymple, speaking at the India Today Conclave, challenged the widely accepted belief that China dominated ancient global trade. He argued that India, not China, was the key ...

China’s agricultural mandate and India’s war elephant In ancient China, the land ethic was focused centrally, if not exclusively, on maximising agricultural production—a duty deemed central ...

His new book is "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World," and William Dalrymple joins us now from Houston on his U.S. book tour. Thanks so much for being with us.