On Alexander's Track to the Indus

Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India Carried Out under the Orders of H.M. Indian Government

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ID19901798
AuthorsM Aurel Stein (corresponding author)
Year2014
Publication date2014-11-06
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueOn Alexander's Track to the Indus (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139923538
OpenAlexW4234464073
Open LibraryOL34560979M
ISBN9781139923538
LanguageEN
Citations received24

The Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943) is probably best remembered today for his explorations in Chinese Turkestan, and especially his discovery of the Buddhist treasure of Dunhuang, described in his earlier works, Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan and Ruins of Desert Cathay (also reissued in this series). Stein was equally interested in the territory north-west of the North-West Frontier, and in this highly illustrated 1929 work he describes an expedition to survey the route of Alexander the Great's invasion of India in 326 BCE. Having long been intrigued by 'that comparatively small area to the west of the Indus which Alexander's march of conquest towards India for a brief span of time illuminates as it were with the light of a meteor', and by archaeological remains showing a blend of Hellenistic and Buddhist art, Stein offers a fascinating account of an ancient clash of civilisations

Indus · Operating system · Track (disk drive) · Ancient Near East History · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Geology · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Paleontology · Antiquities · description and travel · Khyber pass · Pakistan

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