The historian and co-host of the chart-topping podcast Empire, William Dalrymple, shares the rarely told story of India’s role as a cultural and scientific superpower of the ancient world. Known across the globe for his ability to bring the extraordinary history of the Indian subcontinent to life, Dalrymple has authored award-winning, bestselling books like Return of a King and The Anarchy.
In this event, he narrates how, from 250 BC to 1200 AD, India transformed the world by exporting religion, art, science, medicine, and language along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific, creating a vast and profoundly important empire of ideas. Much like ancient Greece, ancient India produced profound answers to essential questions about existence, operation of the world, purpose, and lifestyle.
Attendees will discover how India produced holy men, monks, missionaries, pioneering merchants, artists, astronomers, healers, and scientists. Indian ideas crossed political borders, influencing a wide array of cultures, from the statues in Roman seaports to the Buddhism of Japan, the poetry of China, and the mathematics of Baghdad. Don't miss this opportunity to hear the story of how India became the great intellectual and philosophical superpower of ancient Asia.
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