The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sam Dastor (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sam Dastor
Sam Dastor narrates 36 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 389 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
584 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion is an audiobook by Charles Allen: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Sam Dastor, released September 28, 2015, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sam Dastor
- Released
- September 28, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781004132584
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion as an audiobook?
The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion?
The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion is narrated by Sam Dastor.
Is The Buddha and the Sahibs: The men who discovered India's lost religion worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.