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Join the internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning historian and co-host of the Empire podcast (with 85 million downloads and counting) for this special evening with Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki – and his sole public Aotearoa New Zealand event in Auckland on Wednesday 5 November.
Hailed as Britain’s finest living historian and a global authority on India, William Dalrymple has brought India’s past and present vividly to life to audiences worldwide through his record-breaking podcast and a host of acclaimed books including The Anarchy, The Last Mughal and Nine Lives.
He joins us to present his landmark book, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World, in which he draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India as the great intellectual and philosophical superpower in Ancient Asia, and the spread of Indian ideas that would go on to transform world history, politics and economics.
From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of China, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today, India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world – and our world today as we know it.
Don’t miss this fascinating guide to the world then and now, in the company of one of the great minds and raconteurs of our time.
The event is hosted by Balamohan Shingade.
Event details:
When: Wednesday 5 November, 7.00-8.15pm
Where: Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland Girls Grammar, 16 Howe Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1011
Cost: $40 (general); $20 (student)
Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/event/2400631681940A19
Special note: This event will be hosted by Balamohan and William will be signing books after the event.