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**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 Alexanders army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a new and strange world. They knew a few legends and travelers tales, but their categories of thought were inadequate to encompass what they witnessed. The plants were unrecognizable, their properties unknown. The customs of the people were various and puzzling. While Alexanders conquest was brief, ending with his death in 323 BCE, the Greeks would settle in the Indian region for the next two centuries, forging an era of productive interactions between the two cultures. __The Greek Experience of India__ explores the various ways that the Greeks reacted to and constructed life in India during this fruitful period.From observations about botany and mythology to social customs, Richard Stoneman examines the surviving evidence of those who traveled to India. Most particularly, he offers a full and valuable look at Megasthenes, ambassador of the King Seleucus to Chandragupta Maurya, and provides a detailed discussion of Megasthenes now-fragmentary book __Indica__. Stoneman considers th

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Author

Richard Stoneman; ProQuest (Firme)

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691154039

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Ancient History, Humanities