The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang. By Alexander Cunningham., Major-General, R.E. With thirteen maps.

In 1898, British landowner William Claxton Peppé excavated an ancient funerary monument on his estate in northern India. The site revealed a trove of 1,800 jewels, as well as ash and bone fragments.

By invoking this historical geography of a ... that stitched together the ancient world, Dalrymple argues, but a “Golden Road”, named for the riches of ideas and knowledge associated with the ...

Michael Wood explores the ancient sites that helped shape the history and culture of Pakistan and northern India. The Story of India: South India by Michael Wood Historic Figure: Mohandas Gandhi ...