Historian and broadcaster William Dalrymple (“The Company Quartet“, “Empire“) joins the podcast to discuss his latest book “The Golden Road“. A survey covering from antiquity to the early medieval period, the book seeks to address India’s far-reaching (and often forgotten) influence across the entirety of Eurasia, from tracking the spread of religions like Buddhism and Hinduism, investigating the growing evidence of Indo-Roman trade, and even down to the invention of “Arabic” numerals based on Indian scripts and mathematics.Episode Notes:(https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/interview-the-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world-with-william-dalrymple/)William Dalrymple:https://williamdalrymple.com/https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/golden-road-9781639734146/https://x.com/DalrympleWillSocial Media:Twitter (https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod)Facebook (www.facebook.com/hellenisticagepodcast/)Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hellenistic_age_podcast/)Show Merchandise:Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/HellenisticAgePod)Redbubble (https://www.redbubble.com/people/HellenisticPod/shop?asc=u)Donations:Patreon (https://patreon.com/TheHellenisticAgePodcast)Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/hellenisticagepodcast)Amazon Book Wish List (https://tinyurl.com/vfw6ask)