The Greeks in Bactria and India
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- Author: William Woodthorpe Tarn
- Date Published: June 2010
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108009416
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Written by a highly regarded scholar in the field, this is the first published study on the Greek kingdoms of Bactria and India that treats them as Hellenistic states. 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 from 1966 (reissued here) includes an Addendum explaining the further discoveries since the work was first published in 1951.
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- Date Published: June 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108009416
- length: 600 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 34 mm
- weight: 0.75kg
- contains: 5 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Prefaces
Introduction
Part I. The Background in the Middle East:
1. The Seleucid settlement
2. Literature and social contacts
Part II. Bactria and India:
3. Euthydemus and Bactria
4. Demetrius and the invasion of India
5. Antiochus IV and Eucratides
6. Menander and his kingdom
7. The nomad conquest of Bactria
8. Greeks and Sacas in India
9. The Greeks and India
Conclusion
Appendices
Addenda
Index.
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