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Downstream: India Was the Epicentre of the Ancient World w/ William Dalrymple

Downstream: India Was the Epicentre of the Ancient World w/ William Dalrymple

Update: 2025-07-21
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The Silk Road has dominated the way we imagine the trading relationship between Europe and Asia to have worked in antiquity. In his new book, The Golden Road, William Dalrymple busts that myth. He sat down with Ash to talk about the origins of algebra, Indian gems in Anglo-Saxon Britain and why Genghis Khan was […]
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Downstream: India Was the Epicentre of the Ancient World w/ William Dalrymple

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