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Podcast: The Cosmopolitan
Episode: Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Description: Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Princeton UP, 2025)Pub date: 2025-07-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMuch of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas through migration and trade. In this magisterial history, Audrey Truschke tells the fascinating story of the region historically known as India--which inc...