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The Greeks in Bactria and India c3.3

The Greeks in Bactria and India c3.3

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c3.3

Heliocles, *p. 270*. Eucratides II, *p. 271*. Antialcidas, *p. 273*. Causes of the nomad invasion, *p. 274*. The trek of the Yueh-chi, *p. 276*. The Sai-wang, *p. 277*. Ferghana (Ta-yuan), *p. 278*. Chang-k’ien, *p. 279*. His Report: how far his, *p. 280*. The mythical Saca conquest of Bactria, *p. 283*. The Greek accounts, *p. 284*. Asii, *p. 284*. Tochari, *p. 285*. The Yueh-chi a composite horde, *p. 286*. Language and race of the Asii, *p. 287*. Of the Tochari, *p. 288*. Sacaraucae, *p. 291*. Pasiani-Parsii, *p. 292*. Chronology of the conquest of Bactria (Ta-hia), *p. 294*. The Ta-hia = Tochari myth, *p. 296*. Origin of the name Ta-hia, *p. 297*. Parallels to their recognition by Chang-k’ien, *p. 297*. His account of them, *p. 298*. The ‘walled towns’, *p. 299*. Reconstruction of the conquest, *p. 299*. Origin and meaning of the Alexander-descents, *p. 301*. Coinage under the Yueh-chi, *p. 303*. The writing of Saca, *p. 305*. The ‘perishing’ of the Sacaraucae, *p. 306*. The ‘heavenly horse’, *p. 308*. The last Greek, *p. 310*. Chang-k’ien and his legend, *p. 311*.