New Delhi, May 12 -- The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World is the new book by celebrated historian William Dalrymple. He is the best-selling author of nine books, co-founder of the Jaipur Literature Festival as well as co-host of the wildly popular podcast, Empire, with Anita Anand. Dalrymple's new book highlights India's often forgotten role as a crucial economic fulcrum and civilisational engine at the heart of the ancient and early medieval worlds. He spoke about his new work on a recent episode of Grand Tamasha, a weekly podcast on Indian politics and policy co-produced by HT and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dalrymple spoke with host Milan Vaishnav about the reasons the Indosphere has been obscured ...