Ancient India
By: as described by Ktesias the Knidian. [Translated by] J. W. McCrindle, with introd., notes, and index.
Contributors: McCrindle, John Watson, 1825-1913, ed. and tr.
Publisher: Manohar Reprints
Published: 1973
Place of publication: [Delhi]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Includes a reproduction of the t.p. of the 1882 ed., published by Thacker, Spink, Calcutta: Ancient India as described by Ktêsias the Knidian; being a translation of the abridgement of his 'Indika' by Photios, and of the fragments of that work preserved in other writers, by J. W. McCrindle. With introd., notes, and index. Reprinted (with additions) from the 'Indian antiquary,' 1881.
"Third volume of the series of annotated translations of those works of the classical writers which relate to ancient India."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Lassen's review of the reports of Ktêsias concerning India.; title: Appendix: On certain Indian animals (From Kosmas Indikopleustes De Mundo, XI)