India (history)

It is rather a complicated topic as majority of the history of common
knowledge was documented and reported from post-colonial era. Many argue
about this history including Dharampal who wrote a book named, *The
Beautiful Tree*, and claimed the falsification of data about Indian
history reported by British and other European historians. However, for
me the most fascinating is the history of pre-colonial era. William
Dalrymple in his recent book pointed a very intriguing idea of golden
road which was a sea route actually. It existed even before *the famous
silk road*, and vanished due to fall of Roman empire as well as the rise
of Mongol empire.

To read:

-   Shashi Tharoor, [Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to
    India](https://amzn.eu/d/cfjdgjb)

Recommended:

-   William Dalrymple, [The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed
    the World]()