[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) › c23.14 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c23.14 The Greeks in Bactria and India c23.14 - **Language:** English ### [c23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c23.14) ³ Droysen I, 2, p. 66 (ed. 1877) saw that it was nonsense; and the Chinese evidence and that of Strabo XI, 506 as to the Aorsi lying round the heads of the Aral and Caspian is conclusive. U. Wilcken, \*Alexander der Grosse\* p. 162, has a most interesting idea: Pharasmanes (who had just given asylum to Spitamenes) was challenging Alexander to fight the nomad world. - [Previous: c23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c23.13) - [Next: c23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c23.15) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c23.14) · Pramāṇa