{"id":152264,"date":"2025-10-07T18:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/?p=152264"},"modified":"2025-10-08T07:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:37:35","slug":"un-libro-per-viaggiare-cultura-internazionale-dallindia-anche-lo-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/?p=152264","title":{"rendered":"Un libro per viaggiare &#8211; cultura internazionale dall&#8217;India anche lo zero?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Una &#8220;Via della seta \/ dell&#8217;oro&#8221; culturale, molto, molto nascosta<\/strong> dalla nostra cultura occidentale.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136390\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"open mind\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grazia Seregni Copyright\u00a9 All rights reserved \u2013 cliccare sulle immagini per ingrandirle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lo scrive <strong>William Dalrymple;<\/strong> tra i massimi storici dell\u2019Asia meridionale.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4497\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/INDIA-b6b9646a72.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/INDIA-b6b9646a72-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/INDIA-b6b9646a72-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/INDIA-b6b9646a72-546x300.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/INDIA-b6b9646a72.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cliccare sulle foto per ingrandirle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Scoprire che l&#8217;invenzione dello zero arriva dall&#8217;India e non dagli arabi \u00e8 scioccante ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Per mille anni, dal 200 a.C.,<\/strong> l\u2019India \u00e8 stata uno dei grandi motori di civilt\u00e0 del mondo antico: un centro<strong> irradiatore<\/strong> di religioni, arti e saperi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41854\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Templi-672-architettura-antica-dei-Chola-India-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Templi-672-architettura-antica-dei-Chola-India--300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Templi-672-architettura-antica-dei-Chola-India--300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Templi-672-architettura-antica-dei-Chola-India--542x300.jpg 542w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Templi-672-architettura-antica-dei-Chola-India-.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cliccare sulle foto per ingrandirle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Come l&#8217;Occidente colonialista ha nascosto la potenza della cultura indiana delle origini:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>dai centri di cultura dove si studiavano i greci, la matematica, l&#8217;astronomia&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>la cultura indiana port\u00f2 importantissime innovazioni dai Paesi arabi alla Cina.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152271\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/India-arte-indiana-Mostra-Mendrisio-19.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/India-arte-indiana-Mostra-Mendrisio-19-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/India-arte-indiana-Mostra-Mendrisio-19-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/India-arte-indiana-Mostra-Mendrisio-19.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grazia Seregni Copyright\u00a9 All rights reserved \u2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"cc-title\">La via dell&#8217;oro. Come l&#8217;India antica ha trasformato il mondo<\/h3>\n<p>di William Dalrymple<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136390\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"open mind\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/India-open-muind-f-g.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cliccare sulle immagini per ingrandirle &#8211; Grazia Seregni Copyright\u00a9 All rights reserved \u2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Per oltre un millennio, a partire all\u2019incirca dal 200 a.C.,<\/strong> l\u2019India \u00e8 stata uno dei grandi motori di civilt\u00e0 del mondo antico: un centro irradiatore di religioni, arti e saperi che, travalicando i confini geografici del Subcontinente, hanno dato origine a una vera e propria \u00abindosfera\u00bb \u2013 una vasta area dove le idee indiane sono state accolte, rielaborate e assimilate da societ\u00e0 profondamente diverse tra loro.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51806\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mostra-672-India-gioielli-artigianato-2017-nov-Palazzo-Ducale-Venezia-2w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mostra-672-India-gioielli-artigianato-2017-nov-Palazzo-Ducale-Venezia-2w-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mostra-672-India-gioielli-artigianato-2017-nov-Palazzo-Ducale-Venezia-2w-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mostra-672-India-gioielli-artigianato-2017-nov-Palazzo-Ducale-Venezia-2w-483x300.jpg 483w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mostra-672-India-gioielli-artigianato-2017-nov-Palazzo-Ducale-Venezia-2w.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mostra-India-gioielli-artigianato-2017-nov-Palazzo-Ducale-Venezia-Idol\u2019s-Eye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>William Dalrymple, tra i massimi storici dell\u2019Asia meridionale,<\/strong> \u00e8 il primo a dare un nome alla<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>rete di porti, itinerari e rotte marittime<\/strong> che<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>per secoli ha collegato l\u2019India monsonica al Mar Rosso e al bacino mediterraneo da un lato,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>all\u2019Indocina e al Mar Cinese Meridionale dall\u2019altro: la Via dell\u2019Oro<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Una definizione che <strong>riscatta dall\u2019oblio una realt\u00e0 storica concreta e documentata,<\/strong> ma rimasta<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>a lungo in ombra rispetto alla pi\u00f9 celebre Via della Seta.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139359\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mostre-ragamala-India-12-Zurigo-Rietberg-Museo-24.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-139359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mostre-ragamala-India-12-Zurigo-Rietberg-Museo-24-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mostre-ragamala-India-12-Zurigo-Rietberg-Museo-24-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mostre-ragamala-India-12-Zurigo-Rietberg-Museo-24-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mostre-ragamala-India-12-Zurigo-Rietberg-Museo-24-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mostre-ragamala-India-12-Zurigo-Rietberg-Museo-24.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mostra a Zurigo INDIA 2023 &#8211; Ogni immagine di questa mostra era\u00a0 <strong>visibile nei particolari con l&#8217;uso di un ingrandimento,<\/strong> a occhio nudo non si vedono, per esempio, le lacrime ecc&#8230; <strong>ogni parte del dipinto ha un significato profondo<\/strong> secondo regole che i pittori e gli estimatori ben conoscevano e conoscono. <strong>Ogni immagine rappresenta: poesia &#8211; musica e profumi<\/strong>. Grazia Seregni Copyright\u00a9 All rights reserved \u2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In un appassionante viaggio che ci conduce<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>dalle universit\u00e0 monastiche buddhiste <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>agli osservatori astronomici ind\u00f9, <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>dai templi del Sud-Est asiatico <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>alla corte imperiale cinese, <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>dalle citt\u00e0-oasi dell\u2019Asia centrale <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>alla Baghdad abbaside e infine all\u2019Europa latina<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8220;La via dell\u2019oro&#8221; racconta la <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>diffusione su scala eurasiatica dell\u2019induismo, del buddhismo, del sanscrito, dei sistemi di scrittura, della letteratura epica, dell\u2019astronomia, della medicina e delle grandi innovazioni matematiche indiane<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">tra cui il <strong>sistema posizionale in base dieci e il concetto di zero, a fondamento del nostro calcolo.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">E, rileggendo la storia del mondo antico da un\u2019angolazione inedita, restituisce all\u2019India il posto che le compete: quello di fulcro di una civilt\u00e0 cosmopolita, raffinata e straordinariamente influente.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51792\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1bf.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1bf-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1bf-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1bf.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cliccare sulle foto per ingrandirle Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-Venezia-gioielli-indiani-<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cc-title\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>La via dell&#8217;oro. Come l&#8217;India antica ha trasformato il mondo,<\/em> William Dalrymple, Adelphi, pp. 555, 35 euro.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51791\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1aw.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1aw-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1aw-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1aw-443x300.jpg 443w, https:\/\/www.donnecultura.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-17-Venezia-giouelli-indiani-1aw.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cliccare sulle foto per ingrandirle Palazzo-Dicale-mostra-Venezia-gioielli-indiani-<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una &#8220;Via della seta \/ dell&#8217;oro&#8221; culturale, molto, molto nascosta dalla nostra cultura occidentale. Lo scrive William Dalrymple; tra i massimi storici dell\u2019Asia meridionale. 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