TY - BOOK AU - Dalrymple, William TI - The golden road : : how ancient India transformed the world SN - 9781408864418 U1 - 954.01 PY - 2024/// CY - New Delhi PB - Bloomsbury KW - Civilization KW - History KW - India N1 - Includes bibliographic and reference index; 1. A Gale of Stillness -- 2. India: 'The Sink of the World's Most Precious Metals -- 3. The Great King, King of Kings, Son of God -- 4. The Sea of Jewels: Exploring the Great Library of Nalanda -- 5. The Fifth Concubine -- 6. The Diaspora of the Gods -- 7. In the Lands of Gold -- 8. He Who is Protected by the Sun -- 9. The Treasury of the Books of Wisdom -- 10. Fruits of the Science of Numbers ER -