Welcome to the first episode of What’s Your Map? where host Jerry Brotton is joined by historian William Dalrymple, who unfurls a beautiful Jain cosmological map to explore the meaning and history of the ancient Indian religion. To see a high-definition image of the map as it’s discussed, please go to: https://oculi-mundi.com/podcast  William untangles Jain beliefs through their cosmological map of the universe. He recounts his visit to a Jain temple where he bore witness to heartbreak and ritual death.  What's Your Map? is an Oculi Mundi Exploration. Oculi Mundi is the online home of The Sunderland Collection of antique maps and atlases. In this series, we speak to people who live, love and work with maps -  making, preserving, interpreting, and being inspired by them. In each episode, we ask our guests to unfold a map that is special to them and to tell us the story that lies behind it.  Jerry Brotton is a British historian with a specialist interest in maps. He is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and is a regular on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3.  William Dalrymple’s new book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (Bloomsbury) is out now.  What’s Your Map? is a Whistledown Production and is produced by Emily Uchida Finch  Instagram: @oculimundimaps Website: https://oculi-mundi.com/