UID:
almahu_9949386080302882
Format:
1 online resource (xxiii, 687 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781315108513
,
1315108518
,
1351610279
,
9781351610285
,
1351610287
,
9781351610261
,
1351610260
,
9781351610278
Series Statement:
Routledge worlds
Content:
"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"--
Note:
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 independence to 246/5 BC? -- Monetary policies during early Graeco-Bactrian kingdom (250-190 BCE) -- The last phase of the Indo-Greeks : methods, interpretations and new insights in reconstructing the past -- Part VI. Culture and identity. Ai Khanoum, between east and west : a composite architecture -- Globalization and interpreting visual culture -- Representation of Greek gods/goddesses in Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek visual culture -- Roman objects in the Begram hoard and the memory of Greek rule in Kushan Central Asia -- Part VII. Beyond the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek worlds. Central Asia in the Achaemenid period -- Achaemenid north-west South Asia -- Greekness after the end of the Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms.
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek world. New York : Routledge, 2021 ISBN 9781138090699
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History
DOI:
10.4324/9781315108513
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315108513
