Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c15: Chapter III—India in early Greek and Latin Literature
Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c15
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Chapter III—India in early Greek and Latin Literature
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Breloer, B. : *Kauṭilya*—Studien
(i) Die Grundeigentum in Indien (Bonn, 1927).
(ii) Altindisches Privatrecht bei Megasthenes und Kautalya (Bonn, 1928). ” Megasthenes (etwa 300 v. chr.) uber die indische Gesellschaft, ZDMG, 1934, pp. 130-164. ” Megasthenes uber die indische Stadtverwaltung, ZDMG, 1935, pp. 40-67.
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[Breloer has sought to offer very plausible interpretations of Megasthenes' statements on Indian society and polity and to explain them in the light of the mental equipment of a Hellenistic Greek administrator who was fully acquainted with all that had been written before him by his countrymen about India. Unlike Otto Stein, he discovers fundamental agreement between Megasthenes and Kauṭilya.]
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Cambridge History of India, Vol. I (1922), Ch. XVI. Falconer, W. (and H. C. Hamilton) : The Geography of Strabo, 3 vols. (Bohn's Classical Library). (London 1854-7). Godley, A. D. : Herodotus, with an English translation, 4 vols. (Loeb Classical Library). Lassen : Indische Alterthumskunde² (1874), II, pp. 626-751. McCrindle : Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian (Calcutta, 1877). ” : Ancient India as described by Ktesias the Knidian (Calcutta 1882). ” : The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great² (Westminster, 1896). ” : Ancient India as described in Classical Literature (Westminster, 1901). Monahan, F. J. : The Early History of Bengal (Oxford University Press, 1925). Rawlinson, George : The History of Herodotus (Everyman's Library) 2 Vols. Stein, O : Megasthenes und Kautilya (Wien, 1921).
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(Stein's method of a mechanical confrontation of data from Megasthenes with those from *Arthaśāstra* is of questionable value as Breloer has demonstrated; but his discussions contain much that is useful).
Linked texts (1)
- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit