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The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World | William Dalrymple introduced by sital kalantry
Celebrated writer and historian William Dalrymple discusses The Golden Road, exploring India's pivotal role as the heart of ancient Eurasia. Traversing through Indian art, ideas, and innovations, Dalrymple takes us on a journey through the ancient world, and describes how Indian ideas helped form the world as we know it today.
William Dalrymple is the author of White Mughals, The Last Mughal, and Return of a King. His book, The Anarchy, won the 2020 Arthur Ross Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Dalrymple has held visiting lectureships at Princeton, Brown, and Oxford, where he is currently a Visiting Fellow at All Souls. His latest book is The Golden Road : How Ancient India Transformed the World. He was presented with the President’s Medal by the British Academy and was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect Magazine. He is a founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Sital Kalantry is a tenured law professor and the founder and director of the Roundglass India Center at Seattle University. In addition to authoring books like Women’s Human Rights and Court on Trial, she has published over forty articles in major legal journals such as the Cornell Law Review and the Stanford International Law Journal. Kalantry holds the Fulbright Scholarship, has experience in corporate law and litigation, and is a regular media commentator on reproductive rights, law in India, and human rights issues.
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The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World | William Dalrymple introduced by sital kalantry
Celebrated writer and historian William Dalrymple discusses The Golden Road, exploring India's pivotal role as the heart of ancient Eurasia. Traversing through Indian art, ideas, and innovations, Dalrymple takes us on a journey through the ancient world, and describes how Indian ideas helped form the world as we know it today.
William Dalrymple is the author of White Mughals, The Last Mughal, and Return of a King. His book, The Anarchy, won the 2020 Arthur Ross Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Dalrymple has held visiting lectureships at Princeton, Brown, and Oxford, where he is currently a Visiting Fellow at All Souls. His latest book is The Golden Road : How Ancient India Transformed the World. He was presented with the President’s Medal by the British Academy and was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect Magazine. He is a founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Sital Kalantry is a tenured law professor and the founder and director of the Roundglass India Center at Seattle University. In addition to authoring books like Women’s Human Rights and Court on Trial, she has published over forty articles in major legal journals such as the Cornell Law Review and the Stanford International Law Journal. Kalantry holds the Fulbright Scholarship, has experience in corporate law and litigation, and is a regular media commentator on reproductive rights, law in India, and human rights issues.
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