Ancient India as described in classical literature : being a collection of Greek and Latin texts relating to India, extracted from Herodotus, Strabo, Diodorus Siculus, Pliny, Aelian, Philostratus, Dion Chrysostom, Porphyry, Stobaeus, the Itinerary of Alexander the Great, the Periêgêsis of Dionysius, the Dionysiaka of Nonnus, the Romance history of Alexander and other works / translated and copiously annotated by J.W. M'Crindle .. ; with introduction and copious index.

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1901
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Westminster : A. Constable and co., ltd., 1901.

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xxi, 226 pages ; 23 cm

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"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 Ktêsias the Knidian. The Indika of Megasthenes and Arrian. The commerce and navigation of the Erythræan 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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