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On India : and fragments of his minor works / Ctesias ; introduction, translation and commentary by Andrew Nichols.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ctesias.
- Series:
- Ancient History Archive 1983-2012.
- Ancient History Archive 1983-2012
- Standardized Title:
- Indica. English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- India--History.
- India.
- History.
- India--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 pages) : map.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, 2011.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "A Greek doctor serving at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II in the fifth century BC, Ctesias met travellers and visitors from the far eastern reaches of the Persian Empire, merchants from along the Silk Road and Indians from near the Indus Valley. His Indika (On India), was the first monograph ever written on India by a western author, introducing its readers to such fantastic creatures as the unicorn and the martichora, along with real life subjects such as the parrot and the art of falconry. Confirming pre-existing conceptions of what were considered to be the edges of the earth, Ctesias' Indika helped shape the Greek view of India."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns
- ISBN:
- 9781472539694
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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