<p>Historian, author and podcaster William Dalrymple believes it was India's Golden Road - not China's Silk Road - that transformed the world. He tells Kim Hill about his latest book and his own family history in the Empire.</p><p>Scottish historian and journalist <a href="https://williamdalrymple.com/">William Dalrymple</a> is renown for his books, television series and podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/empire/id1639561921"><em>Empire</em></a> - mostly about India, a country he’s been in love with since he was a young man.</p><p>In his latest, <em>The Golden Road,</em> he argues that it was India and not China which transformed the world between 2050BC and 1300AD.</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kim-hill-wants-to-know?share=82a93dd0-0b65-4fd6-a83d-edff9468ebff">Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details</a></p>
