Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c18.9
Indische Paläographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c18.9
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c18.9
§ 11. Indian relations with the Seleucids. — From the date of the eastern expedition of Seleucus and his alliance with Candragupta in b.c. 306 (Appian, Syr. 55), a constant intercourse was maintained between the Seleucid kingdom of Syria and the Maurya kingdom of N.India, as is shown by the Seleucid embassies established under Megasthenes and Daimachus at the court of Pāṭaliputra, and by the mention of Greek kings in Aśoka's inscriptions (L.IA. II, p. 241). The adoption of the elephant as a type on Seleucid coins, and the similarity between certain coins of Seleucus (e. g. Babelon, Rois de Syrie, Pl. I, 15) and those of Sophytes, are no doubt due to this intercourse.