The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.s7.t1: Note to Chapter XV. Athenian and Macedonian Coins in India
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Note to Chapter XV. Athenian and Macedonian Coins in India
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For the most comprehensive discussion of the whole subject see B. V. Head, Num. Chron., 1906, pp. 1 ff., and Historia Numorum, 2nd edn., pp. 832 ff. For Sophytes see A. Cunningham, J.A.S.B., 1865, pp. 46 f., and Num. Chron., 1866, pp. 220 ff., as well as other references given by Rapson (Indian Coins, p. 4), to which add Num. Chron., 1904, pp. 323 ff. and Z.f.N. XXIV, pp. 89 f. The 'square' bronze coin of Alexander (p. 388) was first published by A. von Sallet, Z.f.N. VI, p. 285, the attribution to Bactria having been proposed by Dannenberg. On the decadrachm (p. 389; Pl. I, 16) see P. Gardner, Num. Chron., 1887, pp. 177 ff., and on the double darics (p. 390; Pl. I, 6) see E. Babelon, *Les Perses Achéménides*, p. xx; Head, Hist. Num. pp. 828 ff.; and F. Imhoof-Blumer, Num. Zeit., 1895, pp. 1 ff. On the Oxus find see Cunningham, J.A.S.B., 1881, pp. 151 ff., and 1883, p. 258; cf. also O. M. Dalton, The Treasure of the Oxus (1905), Introduction.
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1. ANCIENT AUTHORS.
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Appian. L. Mendelssohn. Leipzig, 1879–81. Arrian, Τὰ μετὰ Ἀλέξανδρον. Ed. C. Müller. Paris, 1846. Athenaeus. Ed. G. Kaibel. Leipzig, 1887–90. Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum. Ed. C. Müller. Paris, 1878–85. Josephus. Ed. S. A. Naber. Leipzig, 1888. Pausanias. Ed. L. Dindorf. Paris, 1845. Polybius. Paris, 1839. Ptolemy, Bk. VII. Ed. C. F. A. Nobbe. Leipzig, 1843.
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For Quintus Curtius, Diodorus Siculus, Pliny the Elder, Justin and Pompeius Trogus, and Strabo see Bibl. to Chapters XV and XVI, 1.
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The chief ancient authorities are cited in the text. See, moreover, for the partitions of Babylon and Triparadisus: (*a*) Diodorus XVIII, 3; Arrian, Τὰ μετὰ Ἀλέξανδρον, 5 ff.; Dexippus in *F.H.G.* III, 667 f.; Curtius X, 10; Justin XIII, 4; and (*b*) Diodorus XVIII, 39; Arrian, Τὰ μετὰ Ἀλέξανδρον, 35 ff.
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2. MODERN WORKS.
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H. G. Rawlinson's Bactria, The History of a forgotten Empire (1912), is a handy summary of the main facts and references.
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Among modern works of a more general character the following are important:
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Bevan, E. R. The House of Seleucus. London, 1902. Bouché-Leclercq, A. Histoire des Séleucides. Paris, 1913 etc. Droysen, J. G. Geschichte des Hellenismus. 2 Auf. Gotha, 1877 etc. von Gutschmid, A. Geschichte Irans, Tübingen, 1888. Niese, B. Geschichte der griechischen und makedonischen Staaten. Gotha, 1893 etc. Rawlinson, G. The Sixth Oriental Monarchy. London, 1873.
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For Wilson, Ariana Antiqua, and Smith, Early History of India, see Bibl. to Ch. XIV, 2.
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Various special articles in Pauly-Wissowa's Real-Encycl. by Tomaschek, W. Otto, and others; also in Encycl. Brit. (11th edn.) by E. Meyer.
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W. W. Tarn's Notes on Hellenism in Bactria and India, J.H.S. XXII, pp. 268 ff., touching on some interesting historical points.
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3. NUMISMATICS.
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Rapson's Indian Coins, Grund. d. indo-ar. Phil., 1898, gives full references to the numismatic authorities. Here the following may be cited as the more important:
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Cunningham, A. The Coins of Alexander's Successors in the East. London, 1873 = Num. Chron., 1868–73.
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von Sallet, A. Nachfolger Alexanders des Grossen in Bactrien und Indien. Berlin, 1883 = Z.f.N., 1879–83. Gardner, P. Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India. B.M. Cat., 1886. Imhoof-Blumer, F. Zur Münzkunde der Seleukiden. Num. Zeit. XLVI (1914), pp. 171 ff. Smith, V. A. Catalogue of Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Vol. I. Oxford, 1906. Whitehead, R. B. Indo-Greek Coins. Lahore Mus. Cat. Vol. I. Oxford, 1914. Gardner, P. Seleucid Kings of Syria. B.M. Cat., 1878. Babelon, E. Les Rois de Syrie. Paris, 1890. Wroth, W. Coins of Parthia. B.M. Cat., 1903