Ctesias: On India
Ctesias: On India

Author: Andrew Nichols

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1472519973

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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. 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.

Books on Asia from the Near East to the Far East
Books on Asia from the Near East to the Far East

Author: Eleazar Birnbaum

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1971-12-15

Total Pages: 699

ISBN-13: 1442633670

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This is a selected, annotated list of some 2,000 books on Asia in English and French currently in print, chosen with the aim of providing a long-term historical perspective for the general reader. The list is presented in four main parts: Asia as a whole; the Islamic world; India, South and Southeast Asia; the Far East. Subdivisions cover such topics as: general and reference works; history, social science, and law; history of literature; literature in translation; religion and ideas; arts, crafts, architecture, and science; and the lands in modern times.

The End of a Trail
The End of a Trail

Author: Divyabhanusinh

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13:

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This is a study of the cheetah, now extinct in India, through the ages of Indian history. The product of a decade of extensive research, this is the only work which traces the history and ecology of an animal species from the pre-historic period to the recent times. Using a range of sources, from prehistoric cave paintings to oral testimony, it provides a comprehensive account of the animal's interaction with man through the ages, charting its path to extinction and exploring the possibility of its reintroduction in India.

Spolia Zeylanica
Spolia Zeylanica

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Proceedings of the Ceylon natural history society (organized 1912) are included in v.8.