Ancient India as described in classical literature - McCrindle, John Watson, 1825-1913 (St. Leonards : Ad Orientem, 1971)
'Being a collection of Greek and Latin texts relating to India, extracted from Herodotos, Strabo, Plinius, Aelianus, Kosmas, Bardesanes, Porphyrios, Strobaios, Dion Chrysostom, Dionysios, Philostratos, Nonnos, Diodorus Siculus, the Itinerary and romance history of Alexander and other works.'
'This is the sixth and last volume of a series of works designed to contain annotated translations of all the texts in Greek and Latin literature which relate to ancient India. The five already published are: The Indika of Ktesias the Knidian. The Indika of Megasthenes and Arrian. The commerce and navigation of the Erythroean Sea. Ptolemy's Geography of India. The invasion of India by Alexander the Great. Such other texts as have not been included in these volumes are given here'--Pref.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: India -- History -- 324 B.C.-1000 A.D; India -- Historical geography