One of the big points Dalrymple makes in his book is that India not China was at the heart of ancient commerce. It was the sea-lanes radiating from India rather than the overland silk road from ...

parts of which are located in Arunachal Pradesh India says it has lodged a "strong protest" with China over a new map that lays claim to its territory. Indian media have reported that the map ...

"This map which people continue to reproduce ... and India were the main trading partners of each other in ancient India and not China. He added that romans knew every coast on the west coast ...