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With Alexander in India and Central Asia: Moving East and Back to West

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Alexander conquered most parts of the Western World, but there is a great deal of controversy over his invasion of India, the least known of his campaigns. In BC 327 Alexander came to India, and tried to cross the Jhelum river for the invasion, but was then confronted by King Porus who ruled an area in what is now the Punjab. According to Indian history he was stopped by Porus at his entry into the country, but most of the world still believes that Alexander won the battle. Fearing the prospect of facing other large armies and exhausted by years ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxbow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785705847
SKU
V9781785705847
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About P. Biagi
Claudia Antonetti is Professor of Greek History and Director of the Laboratory for Greek Epigraphy at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. She specialises in the study of Greek epigraphy, the history and historiography of north-western Greece, Greek relations with the western Mediterranean and archaic Greek colonisation. Paolo Biagi is Professor in the Department of Asian and North ... Read more

Reviews for With Alexander in India and Central Asia: Moving East and Back to West
The book is one of the most important recent works about Alexander's visit to the east, specifically on his visit to Central Asia and India (and back to the West)... Most certainly, the twelve chapters of this edited volume would benefit academics as well as graduate students focusing on Alexander's Central Eurasian expedition.
Acta Via Serica
Central ... Read more

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