M. Aurel Stein

On Alexander's Track to the Indus

Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India Carried Out Under the Orders of H.M. Indian

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Produktbeschreibung

In this 1929 work, Stein describes an expedition tracing the route of Alexander the Great's invasion of India in 326 BCE.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781108077606
• ISBN-10: 1108077609
• Artikelnr.: 41611738

Inhaltsangabe

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.