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The Greek Experience of India - From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks (Hardcover)
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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
India explores the various ways that the Greeks reacted to and
constructed life in India during this fruitful period. From
observations about botany and mythology to social customs, Richard
Stoneman examines the surviving evidence of those who traveled to
India. Most particularly, he offers a full and valuable look at
Megasthenes, ambassador of the King Seleucus to Chandragupta
Maurya, and provides a detailed discussion of Megasthenes’
now-fragmentary book Indica. Stoneman considers the art,
literature, and philosophy of the Indo-Greek kingdom and how
cultural influences crossed in both directions, with the Greeks
introducing their writing, coinage, and sculptural and
architectural forms, while Greek craftsmen learned to work with new
materials such as ivory and stucco and to probe the ideas of
Buddhists and other ascetics. Relying on an impressively wide
variety of sources from the Indian subcontinent, The Greek
Experience of India is a masterful account of the encounters
between two remarkable civilizations.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2019 |
First published: |
2019 |
Authors: |
Richard Stoneman
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Dimensions: |
242 x 165 x 41mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
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Pages: |
548 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-15403-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-691-15403-1 |
Barcode: |
9780691154039 |
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