On Alexander's Track to the Indus
On Alexander's Track to the Indus
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GBPThe Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943) is probably best remembered today for his explorations in Chinese Turkestan, and especially his discovery of the Buddhist treasure of Dunhuang, described in his earlier works, Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan and Ruins of Desert Cathay (also reissued in this series). Stein was equally interested in the territory north-west of the North-West Frontier, and in this highly illustrated 1929 work he describes an expedition to survey the route of Alexander the Great's invasion of India in 326 BCE. Having long been intrigued by 'that comparatively small area to the west of the Indus which Alexander's march of conquest towards India for a brief span of time illuminates as it were with the light of a meteor', and by archaeological remains showing a blend of Hellenistic and Buddhist art, Stein offers a fascinating account of an ancient clash of civilisations.
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November 2014Paperback
9781108077606
320 pages
229 × 152 × 18 mm
0.47kg
63 b/w illus. 2 maps
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. An old transborder goal
- 2. The start from Swat
- 3. Visits to Buddhist ruins
- 4. Welcome by an old friend
- 5. Bir-kot and the ruins around it
- 6. Alexander's invasion of Swat
- 7. Past King Uttarasena's stupa
- 8. Ude-gram and its ancient fastness
- 9. At the Badshah's capital
- 10. Buddhist remains about Saidu and Manglawar
- 11. On the way to the Swat Kohistan
- 12. The entry into Torwal
- 13. To the headwaters of the Swat river
- 14. Across the Swat–Indus watershed
- 15. Over the Shilkai Pass and down Kana
- 16. The ascent to Pir-sar
- 17. In search of Aornos
- 18. The survey of Pir-sar
- 19. The story of Alexander's siege of Aornos
- 20. Aornos located on Pir-sar
- 21. Ancient remains of Pir-sar and the name of Mount Una
- 22. Farewell to an historic site and its story
- 23. Through Chakesar and Puran
- 24. To Buner and Mount Ilam
- 25. Departure from Swat
- Index.
