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Join internationally acclaimed historian, co-host of the Empire podcast and bestselling author William Dalrymple in Toronto as he presents The Golden Road, a sweeping history of South Asia’s profound influence on the world. From astronomy to architecture, mathematics to mythology, Dalrymple reveals how India’s civilization shaped ancient Eurasia — its ideas traveling from Angkor Wat to the Roman Empire. In conversation, he brings his signature storytelling brilliance to this extraordinary tale of global exchange. Don’t miss this exclusive evening, the only Canadian event with one of the world’s great scholarly writers as he unveils the untold impact of India’s past on our present.

Tickets: $15

Books will be available for sale at the event courtesy of Ben McNally Books.

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it. For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilization, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific.

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Published by Bloomsbury

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