The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s5.232

c10.s5.232

Chang-k'ien heard³ of the special horses of Ferghana, the great Parthian chargers⁴ who were said to be descended from the ‘heavenly horse’, the *tien-ma*, and ‘sweated blood’ (whatever the Chinese word really means),⁵ and fed on the alfalfa of the country; but the sequel makes it clear that he never *saw* them and did not know what they were, another proof that he hurried through the country.⁶ But the emperor