LEADER 03716nam 22006131c 450 001 9910462699703321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-1998-1 010 $a1-4725-3969-9 010 $a1-4725-1997-3 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472539694 035 $a(CKB)2670000000431887 035 $a(EBL)1426791 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001155284 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11624517 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001155284 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11196817 035 $a(PQKB)11496751 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1426791 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1426791 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10771822 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL603467 035 $a(OCoLC)861538608 035 $a(OCoLC)944224340 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255091 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000431887 100 $a20140929d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn India $eand fragments of his minor works $fCtesias ; introduction, translation and commentary by Andrew Nichols 210 1$aLondon $cBloomsbury $d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (190 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85399-742-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; History of the text; Life of Ctesias; The Indika; Ctesias' sources; Influence of the work; Minor works; Notes; The Indika; Other Works; On the Tributes of Asia; Periodos (Periegesis, Periploi); Fragments of unknown works; Medical treatises; Fragments of doubtful authenticity; False fragments; On Mountains; On Rivers; Interpolations; Commentary; The Indika; Other Works; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index 330 $a"A Greek doctor serving at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II in the fifth century BC, Ctesias met travellers and visitors from the far eastern reaches of the Persian Empire, merchants from along the Silk Road and Indians from near the Indus Valley. His Indika (On India), was the first monograph ever written on India by a western author, introducing its readers to such fantastic creatures as the unicorn and the martichora, along with real life subjects such as the parrot and the art of falconry. Confirming pre-existing conceptions of what were considered to be the edges of the earth, Ctesias' Indika helped shape the Greek view of India."--Bloomsbury Publishing 330 8 $aA Greek doctor serving at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II in the fifth century BC, Ctesias met travellers and visitors from the far eastern reaches of the Persian Empire, merchants from along the Silk Road and Indians from near the Indus Valley. His Indika (On India), was the first monograph ever written on India by a western author, introducing its readers to such fantastic creatures as the unicorn and the martichora, along with real life subjects such as the parrot and the art of falconry. Confirming pre-existing conceptions of what were considered to be the edges of the earth, Ctesias' Indika helped shape the Greek view of India. This English translation is accompanied by explanatory notes and includes all extant fragments of the Indika, as well as fragments of Ctesias' other minor works. 606 $2Prose: non-fiction 607 $aIndia$xHistory 607 $aIndia$xDescription and travel 676 $a913.4046 700 $aCtesias$0546130 702 $aNichols$b Andrew$f1977- 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462699703321 996 $aOn India$92005930 997 $aUNINA