
Buddha Goes to Sarnath: How Cities and Civilisations are Born
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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A Season of Echoes
This season of echoes is a story of how these little people made the things that we take for granted to day. The artisan who invented a new tool, the tailor who decided that cutting cloth in a new way would appeal to her clients more. Because of their decisions, their descendants would go from living in tiny hamlets to sprawling cities lush with violence and sex and wealth. This world, with all its seemingly unchanging religious, political and social structures was made by these tiny decisions of millions.
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