William Woodthorpe Tarn

The Greeks in Bactria and India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 835g
• ISBN-13: 9781108009416
• ISBN-10: 1108009417
• Artikelnr.: 28961817

Inhaltsangabe

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.