The Making of Roman India

Discusses ancient Greek and Roman perceptions of India during a thousand-year period.

Autorentext
Grant Parker is Assistant Professor of Classics at Stanford University.

Klappentext
Discusses ancient Greek and Roman perceptions of India during a thousand-year period.

Zusammenfassung
India fascinated the ancient Romans. Drawing on literary and archaeological sources, this book sketches the contours of that India - as much the source of luxury goods and the marker of the end of world empire for both polytheists and Christians as the home of holy men and their special knowledge.

Inhalt
Introduction; Part I. Creation of a Discourse: 1. Achaemenid India and Alexander; Part II. Features of a Discourse: 2. India described; 3. India depicted; Part III. Contexts of a Discourse: 4. Commodities; 5. Empire; 6. Wisdom; Conclusion: intersections of a discourse.

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