[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Greeks in Bactria and India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938) › c10.s5.136 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s5.136 The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s5.136 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s5.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s5.136) ⁶ In \*SP Stud.\* p. 11 I used the identity Asii-Arsi; it is really the other way round. The instances given by F. W. K. Müller, \*Berlin SB\* 1918 p. 579, to prove this identity have been criticised by P. Pelliot, \*JA\* 224, 1934, pp. 29-31; he admits however that the Chinese Po-sse for Persia (Parsa) would imply a form \*Pasi, were it not fifth-century A.D. and too late to use. But the Greek form Passagadae, used by an Alexander-historian of the fourth century B.C., removes Pelliot's objection; and indeed it is possible that Po-sse in the \*Wei-shu\* may mean not Persia but the Parsii (reasons in \*SP Stud.\* p. 12). The certain equivalent \*Pasi-Parsii therefore guarantees Asii-Arsi, which in view of Pliny (p. 285) may still be required. - [Previous: c10.s5.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s5.135) - [Next: c10.s5.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s5.137) - [Up: c10.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s5.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s5.136) · Pramāṇa