The Greeks In Bactria And India Second Edition

Author : Sir W. W. Tarn
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 781 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787203372

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The Greeks in Bactria and India [Second Edition] by Sir W. W. Tarn Pdf

Written by a highly regarded scholar in the field, this book represents the first published study on the Greek kingdoms of Bactria and India that treats them as Hellenistic states. Referring to classical Western and Indian sources, as well as numismatics, the author gives a multi-faceted account of their dynastic rule and conquest. The book begins with an overview of the Seleucid settlement, providing a background to the relations between Greeks and Asiatics after the death of Alexander the Great. Covering the period from 206 to 145 BCE, the book analyses the reigns of Euthydemus I, Demetrius I and Menander I, and explains how they accomplished Alexander’s dream of co-operation instead of domination in the eastern provinces. Tarn’s work examines this little-discussed topic, and presents it to the reader in a clear and accessible style, making this a great scholarly contribution that remains unsurpassed in breadth and depth. The second edition, originally published in 1951, includes an Addendum explaining the further discoveries since the work was first published in 1938.

Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:871727292

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The Greeks in Bactria & India by William Woodthorpe Tarn Pdf

Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:871927986

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The Greeks in Bactria and India by William Woodthorpe Tarn Pdf

Author : W. W. Tarn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0758112211

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The Greeks in Bactria and India by W. W. Tarn Pdf

Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher : Ares Publishers
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015045633537

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The Greeks in Bactria & India by William Woodthorpe Tarn Pdf

Author : William Woodthorpe Tarn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108009416

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The Greeks in Bactria and India by William Woodthorpe Tarn Pdf

A landmark study of the Greek kingdoms of Bactria and India that treats them as Hellenistic states.

Author : A. K. Narain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120024794

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The Indo-Greeks by A. K. Narain Pdf

Author : Rachel Mairs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781351610278

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The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World by Rachel Mairs Pdf

This volume provides a thorough conspectus of the field of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek studies, mixing theoretical and historical surveys with critical and thought-provoking case studies in archaeology, history, literature and art. The chapters from this international group of experts showcase innovative methodologies, such as archaeological GIS, as well as providing accessible explanations of specialist techniques such as die studies of coins, and important theoretical perspectives, including postcolonial approaches to the Greeks in India. Chapters cover the region’s archaeology, written and numismatic sources, and a history of scholarship of the subject, as well as culture, identity and interactions with neighbouring empires, including India and China. The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World is the go-to reference work on the field, and fulfils a serious need for an accessible, but also thorough and critically-informed, volume on the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms. It provides an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the Hellenistic East. The Introduction and Chapter 17 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license

Author : Richard Stoneman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000411836

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Megasthenes' Indica by Richard Stoneman Pdf

This book provides a new translation of all the surviving portions of the description of India written by Megasthenes in about 310 BCE, the fullest account of Indian geography, history and customs available to the classical world. The Indica was a pioneering work of ethnography that exemplified a new direction in Hellenistic writing; India was little-known to the Greeks before the expedition of Alexander the Great in 326–325 BCE, and Megasthenes, who resided as an ambassador in the Maurya capital Pataliputra for some time, provided the classical world with most of what it knew about India. Megasthenes’ book, which became a classic in antiquity, now survives only in fragments preserved in other Greek and Latin authors. Stoneman’s work offers a reliable and accessible version of all the writings that can plausibly be ascribed to Megasthenes. His subject ranges from detailed accounts of social structure and the royal household, to descriptions of elephant hunting and Indian philosophical ideas. His book is the only written source contemporary with the Maurya kingdom of Candragupta, since writing was not in use in India at this date. This translation provides a path to clearer understanding of Greek ethnography and a valuable resource on Indian history. The book will be of value not only to classical scholars with an interest in Hellenistic history and cultural attitudes, and to their students, but also to scholars working on the early history of India, who have had to rely (unless they are also Greek scholars) on scattered and dated collections of evidence.

Author : Wilhelm Halbfass
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788120807365

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India and Europe by Wilhelm Halbfass Pdf

This book explores the intellectual encounter of India and the West from pre-Alexandrian antiquity until the present. It examines India's role in European philosophical thought, as well as the reception of European philosophy in Indian t

Author : David M. Schaps
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136919664

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Handbook for Classical Research by David M. Schaps Pdf

One of the glories of the Greco-Roman classics is the opportunity that they give us to consider a great culture in its entirety; but our ability to do that depends on our ability to work comfortably with very varied fields of scholarship. The Handbook for Classical Research offers guidance to students needing to learn more about the different fields and subfields of classical research, and its methods and resources. The book is divided into 7 parts: The Basics, Language, The Traditional Fields, The Physical Remains, The Written Word, The Classics and Related Disciplines, The Classics since Antiquity. Topics covered range from history and literature, lexicography and linguistics, epigraphy and palaeography, to archaeology and numismatics, and the study and reception of the classics. Guidance is given not only to read, for example, an archaeological or papyrological report, but also on how to find such sources when they are relevant to research. Concentrating on "how-to" topics, the Handbook for Classical Research is a much needed resource for both teachers and students.

Author : Ann Heirman,Stephan Peter Bumbacher
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004158306

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The Spread of Buddhism by Ann Heirman,Stephan Peter Bumbacher Pdf

This book unravels some of the complex factors that allowed or hampered the presence of (certain aspects of) Buddhism in the regions to the north and the east of India, such as Central Asia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, or Korea.

Author : Paul Mckechnie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317808015

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Outsiders in the Greek Cities in the Fourth Century BC (Routledge Revivals) by Paul Mckechnie Pdf

During the fourth century BC the number of Greeks who did not live as citizens in the city-states of southern mainland Greece increased considerably: mercenaries, pirates, itinerant artisans and traders, their origins differed widely. It has been argued that this increase was caused by the destruction of many Greek cities in the wars of the fourth century, accompanied by the large programme of settlement begun by Alexander in the East and Timoleon in the West. Although this was an important factor, argues Dr McKechnie, more crucial was an ideological deterioration of loyalties to the city: the polis was no longer absolutely normative in the fourth century and Hellenistic periods. With so many outsiders with specialist skills, Alexander and his successors were able to recruit the armies and colonists needed to conquer and maintain empires many times larger than any single polis had ever controlled.

Author : Johannes Bronkhorst
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004315518

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How the Brahmins Won by Johannes Bronkhorst Pdf

This is the first study to systematically confront the question how Brahmanism, which was geographically limited and under threat during the final centuries BCE, transformed itself and spread all over South and Southeast Asia.

Author : Frank L. Holt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520953741

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Lost World of the Golden King by Frank L. Holt Pdf

Drawing on ancient historical writings, the vast array of information gleaned in recent years from the study of Hellenistic coins, and startling archaeological evidence newly unearthed in Afghanistan, Frank L. Holt sets out to rediscover the ancient civilization of Bactria. In a gripping narrative informed by the author’s deep knowledge of his subject, this book covers two centuries of Bactria’s history, from its colonization by remnants of Alexander the Great’s army to the kingdom’s collapse at the time of a devastating series of nomadic invasions. Beginning with the few tantalizing traces left behind when the ‘empire of a thousand cities’ vanished, Holt takes up that trail and follows the remarkable and sometimes perilous journey of rediscovery. Lost World of the Ancient King describes how a single bit of evidence—a Greek coin—launched a search that drew explorers to the region occupied by the tumultuous warring tribes of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Afghanistan. Coin by coin, king by king, the history of Bactria was reconstructed using the emerging methodologies of numismatics. In the twentieth century, extraordinary ancient texts added to the evidence. Finally, one of the ‘thousand cities’ was discovered and excavated, revealing an opulent palace, treasury, temple, and other buildings. Though these great discoveries soon fell victim to the Afghan political crisis that continues today, this book provides a thrilling chronicle of the search for one of the world’s most enigmatic empires.