Dehradun, April 28 -- The Hindu-Buddhist ruins of Angkor Wat

All Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

Ancient India is often considered as an insulated culture of kingdoms that didn't spread into the world both in terms of people and ideas. But is this historical view actually true? Well with my limited understanding I believe some part of it is true, should you compare Ancient India to Ancient Greece, Rome or Mesopotamia whose architecture styles and philosophical ideas did spread across the ancient Mediterranean world and further, both in terms of geography and time. For example the ancient Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and others are quoted even today or for that matter the Marcus Aurelius masterpie...