The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks

by Richard Stoneman

Book Overview

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 world. The plants were unrecognizable, the customs of the people various and puzzling. Alexander's conquest ended with his death in 323 BCE, but the Greeks would settle in the Indian region for the next two centuries. From observations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691217475
• ISBN13: 9780691217475
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"