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The golden road : how ancient India transformed the world


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Highlights India's oft-forgotten position as a crucial economic and civilisational hub at the heart of the ancient and early medieval history of Eurasia. From Angkor to Ayutthaya, this book traces the cultural flow of Indian religions, languages, artistic and architectural forms and mathematics throughout the world.

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Introduction: The Indosphere -- A gale of stillness -- India: 'the sink of the world's most precious metals' -- The great king, king of kings, son of God -- The sea of jewels: exploring the great library of Nalanda -- The fifth concubine -- The diaspora of the gods -- In the lands of gold -- 'He who is protected by the sun' -- The treasury of the books of wisdom -- Fruits of the science of numbers


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