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.

One of the big contentions of popular historian William Dalrymple’s latest book “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed ... But they were places where important ideas were ...

Indian has many ancient places like Hampi. India, a land steeped in history ... The city is home to several important religious sites, including the Brahma Sarovar and the Jyotisar, where Krishna ...

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 ...

For example, one estimate is that one third of the Roman empire’s entire revenue was generated by taxes on trade with ancient India ... were always more important than the slow-moving caravan ...

Workers remove a 'The Piprahwa Gems' sign from the wall after auction house Sotheby's postpones an auction of gems tied to Buddha's corporeal relics, following opposition from India ... this is one of ...