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The Greeks in Bactria and India c4: Chapter VIII. GREEKS AND SACAS IN INDIA pages 312-350

The Greeks in Bactria and India c4

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Chapter VIII. GREEKS AND SACAS IN INDIA pages 312-350

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The later Greek kings, *p. 312*. The western group: Antialcidas, *p. 313*. Lysias, *p. 314*. Taxila and Gandhāra, *p. 315*. The eastern group: Agathocleia, *p. 317*. Strato I, *p. 317*. Apollodotus II, *p. 318*. A second Zoilus, *p. 319*. The Saca invasion, *p. 320*. Ptolemy’s ‘Indo-Scythia’, *p. 320*. Maues’ coins, *p. 321*. Conquers Taxila and Gandhāra, *p. 323*. Loss of Mathurā and the East, *p. 323*. Square letter-forms, *p. 325*. Hippostratus and Nicias on the Jhelum, *p. 326*. Their defeat of the Sacas, *p. 328*. Hippostratus as Great King, *p. 329*. Paropamisadae: Saca (Parsii) conquest of Kabul, *p. 332*. Maues at Kapisa, *p. 332*. Telephus, *p. 333*. Amyntas, *p. 334*. Date of Maues’ death, *p. 335*. Collapse of his empire, *p. 336*. The Greek revival: Hermaeus, *p. 337*. The Kujula Kadphises coins, *p. 338*. The Chinese account, *p. 339*. Reconstruction of the story of Hermaeus, *p. 341*. The Vonones coins, *p. 344*. The period of peace, *p. 346*. O-ik-san-li—Prophthasia, *p. 347*. Rise of Spalirises and his son Azes, *p. 347*. End of the two Greek kingdoms, *p. 349*.

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Chapter IX. The Greeks and India *pages 351–408

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The change in the evidence, *p. 351*. The Kushans, *p. 352*. Duration of the Greek cities, *p. 352*. Duration of the Greek language, *p. 353*. The Indian mint officials, *p. 356*. The Indo-Macedonian calendars, *p. 359*. The Taxila of Gondophares, *p. 359*. Late Greek building, *p. 360*. Trade in the Greek period, *p. 361*. The Chinese trade, *p. 363*. Indo-China, *p. 364*. Khotan: the Greek seals, *p. 365*. Trade with the West, *p. 366*. Pliny’s four stages and the monsoons, *p. 368*. The pepper trade, *p. 370*. The Yavana merchants of the cave inscriptions, *p. 371*. Parchment, *p. 373*. The traffic in girls, *p. 373*. Interaction of Greek and Indian civilisations, *p. 375*. The Greek words in Sanscrit, *p. 376*. Indians and Greek literature, *p. 378*. Greeks and Indian literature, *p. 380*. Drama and mime, *p. 381*. Fable and folktale, *p. 385*. Science, *p. 385*. Inscriptions by Greeks in Brahmi and Kharoshthi, *p. 387*. Indianisation, *p. 390*. Greeks and Indian religions, *p. 391*. Nomenclature, *p. 392*. The Gandhāra school of art, *p. 393*. Chronology, *p. 394*. The controversy over the Buddha-statue, *p. 395*. Current theories, *p. 397*. The definite evidence of a coin of Maues, *p. 400*. Indian development of a Greek idea, *p. 404*. Bhakti, *p. 406*. The last phase, *p. 407*. Alexander-descents, *p. 408*.

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Conclusion *pages 409–413

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*Excursus.* The Milindapañha and Pseudo-Aristeas *p. 414*

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*Appendix* 1. Monograms and find-spots *p. 437*

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” 2. The names in -ηνῃ *p. 442*

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” 3. Agathocles’ pedigree coins *p. 446*

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” 4. The Yuga-purāṇa of the Gārgī Samhitā *p. 452*

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” 5. Demetrius in the Hāthigumphā inscription of Khāravela *p. 457*

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” 6. Alexandria of the Caucasus and Kapisa *p. 460*

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” 7. Antiochus IV and the temple of Nanaia *p. 463*

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” 8. A sealing from Seleuceia *p. 467*

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” 9. Ki-pin (Kophen) and ‘Arachosia’ *p. 469*

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” 10. Ta-yuan *p. 474*

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” 11. Chorasmia *p. 478*

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” 12. Ormuz: a lost kingdom *p. 481*

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” 13. Σάγαλα ἡ καὶ Εὐθυμέδεια *p. 486*

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