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Get the Summary of William Dalrymple's The Golden Road in 20 minutes. For 1,500 years, India projected its influence far beyond its borders, shaping art, religion, science, mathematics, literature, and philosophy across Asia and beyond. Historian William Dalrymple's The Golden Road (2024) reclaims India's often forgotten status as a preeminent civilizational and economic engine. India's extensive maritime trade, known as the Golden Road, connected India to the Roman Empire, Southeast Asia, and beyond. Drawing on decades of research, Dalrymple shows how Indian thought built empires, inspired monuments, spread Buddhism and Hinduism, and created the numerical system still used today.