The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s7.62

c10.s7.62

Some of the Hellenistic information in Ptolemy with regard to India and the Farther East generally, which I have attempted to separate from that part of his information which dates from the Roman empire, was ultimately derived from the itineraries of merchants who went thither from the West, and the amount he knew witnesses to the number of his informants, that is, to a very lively trade intercourse. I may add that if an embassy from India came to Augustus as early as 26 B.C.,¹ rulers in India must for some time have been accustomed to follow the course of events in the Mediterranean world.