The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s1.219

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⁵ One interpretation of l. 39 of Darius' inscription from the Apadāna at Susa (V. Scheil, *MDP* XXI, 1929, p. 9) makes him get turquoise from Chorasmia (R. G. Kent, *JAOS* LI, 1931, pp. 189 sqq.; LIII, 1933, p. 1); but other interpretations are haematite (Scheil), and grey amber (Herzfeld, *Arch. Mitt. aus Iran* III, 1931, pp. 29 sqq.), and anyhow Chorasmia, whatever it meant at this time (see App. 11), was not in the Bactrian kingdom. There is a good deal of turquoise paste in the jewelry found at Taxila. Pliny XXXVII, 110 speaks of turquoise coming from the Sacas; but the notice cannot be dated, so it is impossible to say what it means.