On GPS: A secretly influential ancient civilization
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/world/video/gps-1012-influential-ancient-civilization-india
Fareed talks to historian William Dalrymple, author of a new book about the debt the world owes to ancient India, which was the origin of key ideas and innovations like the number zero, the game of chess and the idea that the earth revolves around the sun.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/world/video/gps-1012-influential-ancient-civilization-india
Fareed talks to historian William Dalrymple, author of a new book about the debt the world owes to ancient India, which was the origin of key ideas and innovations like the number zero, the game of chess and the idea that the earth revolves around the sun.
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by William Dalrymple
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/01/hidden-story-ancient-india-west-maths-astronomy-historians
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/sep/07/the-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world-william-dalyrmple-review
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/01/hidden-story-ancient-india-west-maths-astronomy-historians
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/sep/07/the-golden-road-how-ancient-india-transformed-the-world-william-dalyrmple-review