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In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria and into India. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the author explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves.

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"Scholars should be well satisfied with what is offered, and for any classicist the phenomenon of Indians or Central Asians writing good Greek verse with acrostic trimmings should be an incentive to read further around the subject." Common Knowledge

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Abbreviations Introduction 1. Administering Bactria: From Achaemenid Satrapy to Graeco-Bactrian State 2. Ai Khanoum 3. Self-Representation in the Inscriptions of Sophytos (Arachosia) and Heliodoros (India) 4. Waiting for the Barbarians: The Fall of Greek Bactria Conclusion Appendix: Greek Documents Bibliography Index

The Hellenistic Far East

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 5 August 2016
      ISBN-13 9780520292468
      978-0520292468
      ISBN-10 0520292464
      Also in:
      Asian history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria and into India. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the author explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves.

      Trade Review
      "Scholars should be well satisfied with what is offered, and for any classicist the phenomenon of Indians or Central Asians writing good Greek verse with acrostic trimmings should be an incentive to read further around the subject." Common Knowledge

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Abbreviations Introduction 1. Administering Bactria: From Achaemenid Satrapy to Graeco-Bactrian State 2. Ai Khanoum 3. Self-Representation in the Inscriptions of Sophytos (Arachosia) and Heliodoros (India) 4. Waiting for the Barbarians: The Fall of Greek Bactria Conclusion Appendix: Greek Documents Bibliography Index

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