Focus on the history of the ancient ‘Silk Road’ may have overshadowed the powerful influence of India on the many cultures with which it traded.

In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be that history repeats itself.

But modern India has not told her ancient tale well either to herself or the world, a task newly accomplished by William ...

At the outset, let it be said that historian William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road is far more likely to dazzle Western audiences.However, for Indians it carries scholarly impact. Discussions of ...

SIMON: William Dalrymple's new book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World." Thank you so much for being with us. DALRYMPLE: Thank you, Scott.

Asserting that he chose Sanskrit, the “mother” or “at least a foster mother” of Indian languages because of his love for it, Mr. Nadkarni added, “My ‘Shatakam’ is not addressed to ...

But this book, written in terse Sanskrit prose, is about a European named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the inventor and original impresario of modern Hebrew.

Sanskrit Seva Foundation (SSF) is releasing its first book, 'Bhashankur', written by Rohan Kulkarni, covering grammar and technical aspects of Sanskrit.

William Dalrymple does not deploy that Sanskrit phrase in “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.” But his audacious book’s aim is to “highlight India’s often ...