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Megasthenes and Indian Religion
This work deals at length with various theories about relgion prevalent at the time when Megasthenes visited India very interesting and scholarly views have been put forth regarding investigations of Megasthenes their reliability and the reliability of his reporters. Undoubtedly Culture of India lacks historical aspect inasmuch-as does not provide as to when an event took place or certain concept was first used
Megasthenes' Indica
This book provides a new translation of all the surviving portions of the description of India written by Megasthenes in about 310 BCE, the fullest account of Indian geography, history and customs available to the classical world. The Indica was a pioneering work of ethnography that exemplified a new direction in Hellenistic writing; India was little-known to the Greeks before the expedition of Alexander the Great in 326–325 BCE, and Megasthenes, who resided as an ambassador in the Maurya capital Pataliputra for some time, provided the classical world with most of what it knew about India. Megasthenes’ book, which became a classic in antiquity, now survives only in fragments preserved in...
Megasthenes
Megasthenes was the ambassador of the Greek general Seleucus Nicator, at the court of Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, in 4th century B.C. He put his stay to good use by travelling widely and minutely documenting one of the most prosperous and enlightened periods of Indian history. Be it the customs and traditions of the people or the administrative skills of the king – Megasthenes wrote it all down in his four-volume travelogue, Indica.
Megasthenes and His Time
Der Band bietet die indienbezogenen Beitrage der Tagung "Bilder des Orients: Megasthenes, Apollodoros von Artemita und Isidoros von Charax", die vom 27.06. bis zum 30.06.2012 am Institut fur Klassische Altertumskunde der Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel stattfand. Megasthenes bot sich als zentraler Untersuchungsgegenstand an, weil er erstens an der Schwelle des Ubergangs von griechischen Vorstellungen von Indien als halbmythischem Wunderland und Betatigungsort grosser Gotter- und Heldengestalten (Semiramis, Herakles, Dionysos etc.) hin zu verifizierbaren und sich zum Teil Autopsie, zum Teil einheimischen Traditionen und Gewahrsleuten verdankenden Informationen steht, ohne dass daruber...
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India
Basic Approach Developed as a comprehensive introductory work for scholars and students of ancient and early medieval Indian history, this books provides the most exhaustive overview of the subject. Dividing the vast historical expanse from the stone age to the 12th century into broad chronological units, it constructs profiles of various geographical regions of the subcontinent, weaving together and analysing an unparalleled range of literary and archaeological evidence. Dealing with prehistory and protohistory of the subcontinent in considerable detail, the narrative of the historical period breaks away from conventional text-based history writing. Providing a window into the world primary...
The Greek Experience of India
An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCE. When the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander's army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a new and strange world. They knew a few legends and travelers' tales, but their categories of thought were inadequate to encompass what they witnessed. The plants were unrecognizable, their properties unknown. The customs of the people were various and puzzling. While Alexander's conquest was brief, ending with his death in 323 BCE, the Greeks would settle in the Indian region for the next two centuries, forging an era of productive interactions between the two cultures. The Greek Experience of...
