On Alexander's Track to the Indus

Sir Aurel Stein

ISBN 10: 1842124072 / ISBN 13: 9781842124079

Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001

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2001. Paperback. Clean copy with some slight wear but remains good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo KKE0000428

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Titolo: On Alexander's Track to the Indus

Casa editrice: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Data di pubblicazione: 2001

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: Good

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Riassunto:

On Alexander's Track to the Indus , first published in 1929, is Aurel Stein's account of the expeditions he mounted following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great during the triumphant invasion that, interestingly, left not a trace in Indian literature or tradition. Stein's account has justifiably achieved cult status for the dangers and hardships encountered during his own expeditions; for the light it sheds on Alexander's invasions, and the wonders of Stein's discoveries (such as Alexander's Aornos); the illumination it offers on all fields of interest from archaeology to Indian literary culture, Graeco-Buddhist art and the spread of Buddhism right across Asia.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) was a Hungarian archaeologist who spent much of his life in the service of the British Empire in India. In the early years of the 20th century he conducted a series of important Central Asian expeditions traversing virtually the whole of the North-West frontier - territory not previously accessible to Europeans.