From Alexander to Kaniska
By: by A. K. Narain.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: Monographs of the Dept. of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, no. 1
Publisher: Banaras Hindu University
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Varanasi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: India -- History -- 324 B.C.-1000 A.D
Table of contents: title: Alexander and India.; title: The early movements of the Śakas and the Pahlavas.; title: A new version of the Minor Rock Edict I of Aśoka.; title: Date of Kaniska; title: Appendices: 1. The Yüeh-chih and Kaniska in the Chinese sources, by E. Zürcher. 2. Excerpts from Geschichte der Perser und Araber zur Zeit der Sasanidem, aus der Arabischen Chronik des Tabari, by Th. Noldeke (translated into English) 3. The eras used in the relevant Kharoṣṭhi and Brāhmī inscriptions and corresponding dates.