'India's influence on Asia, Europe extraordinary' — William Dalrymple tells Anirudh Kanisetti

#theprintuninterrupted William Dalrymple's latest book 'The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World' is a magisterial history of Indian ideas and their spread across Eurasia. In conversation with historian Anirudh Kanisetti, Dalrymple explores centuries of this history: ancient exchanges from the Mediterranean to South India (including Greek plays about drunken merchants), the spectacular wealth and prestige of the Nalanda mega-monastery, great tantric masters like Vajrabodhi, and the reception of Indian mathematics in the Abbasid Caliphate and beyond. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8