The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek world

by Mairs, Rachel

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Title Statements

Full title :The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek world / edited by Rachel Mairs.

Summary

"This volume provides a solid grounding in the field of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek studies, mixing theoretical and historical surveys with critical and thought-provoking case studies and 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, as well as 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 peoples, including 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 Greek East"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 687 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315108513, 1315108518, 1351610279, 9781351610285, 1351610287, 9781351610261, 1351610260, 9781351610278
DOI:10.4324/9781315108513
oclc:on1155482837
LC Classification:DS328
Dewey Decimal:939/.6

Part I. Interactions. The Seleukid empire -- South Asia -- Parthia -- Central Asia and the Steppe -- China and Bactria during the reign of Emperor Wu in written tradition and in archaeology -- Part II. History of scholarship. The quest for Bactra : scholarship on the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom from its origins to the end of colonialism -- The original 'failure'? A century of French archaeology in Afghan Bactria -- Hellenism with or without Alexander the Great : Russian, Soviet and Central Asian approaches -- Part III. Regional archaeological survey. Afghan Bactria -- Southern Uzbekistan -- Southern Tajikistan -- Sogdiana -- Merv and Margiana -- Archosia, Drangiana and Areia -- Gandhāra and North-Western India -- Part IV. Written sources. Greek inscriptions and documentary texts and the Graeco-Roman historical tradition -- Reading the Milindapan̄ha : Indian historical sources and the Greeks in Bactria -- Chinese historical sources and the Greeks in the Western Regions -- Part V. Numismatic sources. History from coins : the role of numismatics in the study of the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek worlds -- Two sides of the coin : from Sophytes to Skanda-Kāettikeya -- Dating Bactria's indep…

Subjects

Antiquities Asia -- Bactria Asia, Central -- Antiquities Bactria -- Antiquities Central Asia Coinage Coinage -- History. -- Asia, Central Coins, Greek Coins, Greek -- Asia, Central Grecs -- Histoire. -- Asie centrale Greeks Greeks -- History. -- Asia, Central History HISTORY / Ancient / General Inde -- Antiquités India India -- Antiquities Indo-Grecs -- Histoire Indo-Greeks Indo-Greeks -- History