The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.56
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c18.56
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c18.56
¹ These officials corresponded exactly with the Greek πρόξενοι, and it is possible that Chandragupta borrowed this institution from Greece. But his other arrangements show no trace of Greek influence. For a good account of *προξενία*, see Newton's *Essays on Art and Archaeology*, pp. 121–3 ('Consular Officers in India and Greece', *Ind. Ant.*, 1905, p. 200).