The Collection of the American Numismatic Society: Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek coins
Author: American Numismatic Society
Publisher:
Published: 1969
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The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World
Author: Rachel Mairs
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-11-29
Total Pages: 688
ISBN-13: 1351610287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a thorough conspectus of the field of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek studies, mixing theoretical and historical surveys with critical and thought-provoking case studies in archaeology, history, literature and art. The chapters from this international group of experts showcase innovative methodologies, such as archaeological GIS, as well as providing accessible explanations of specialist techniques such as die studies of coins, and important theoretical perspectives, including postcolonial approaches to the Greeks in India. Chapters cover the region’s archaeology, written and numismatic sources, and a history of scholarship of the subject, as well as culture, identity and interactions with neighbouring empires, including India and China. The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World is the go-to reference work on the field, and fulfils a serious need for an accessible, but also thorough and critically-informed, volume on the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms. It provides an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the Hellenistic East.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum
Author: Osmund Bopearachchi
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780897222730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA catalogue of the American Numismatic Society's collection of Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coins. A well organized catalogue providing plates of the coins on one page, and the text, containing solely numismatic data, on the following page.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Graeco-Bacrian and Indo-Greek coins
Author: American Numismatic Society
Publisher:
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 182
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNumismatics and Greek Lexicography
Author: Michael P. Theophilos
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-28
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0567674371
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael P. Theophilos explores the fascinating variety of numismatic contributions to Greek lexicography, pertaining to lexicographic studies of the Second Temple period in general, and the New Testament in particular. Theophilos considers previous scholarly attempts to grapple with, and incorporate, critical numismatic material into the emerging discipline of Greek lexicography - including foundational work by F. Preisigke and E. Kiessling - before outlining his own methodological approach. Theophilos' then examines the resources available for engaging with the numismatic material, and presents a series of specific case studies throughout the New Testament material. His carefully annotated images of coins draw readers in to a greater understanding of the material culture of the Greco-Roman world, and how this impacted upon the Greek language and the New Testament.
Lost World of the Golden King
Author: Frank L. Holt
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2012-10-18
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 0520273427
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Delightful and learned, and written in a crisp and vigorous style, this book will be read with great interest and profit by both scholars and general readers." —Stanley Burstein, author of The Reign of Cleopatra
Art and History
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-12-30
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 938961189X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArt and History: Texts, Contexts and Visual Representations in Ancient and Early Medieval India seeks to locate the historical contexts of premodern Indian art traditions. The volume examines significant questions, such as: What were the purposes served by art? How were religious and political ideas and philosophies conveyed through visual representations? How central were prescription, technique and style to the production of art? Who were the makers and patrons of art? How and why do certain art forms, meanings and symbols retain a relevance across context? With contributions from historians and art historians seeking to unravel the interface between art and history, the volume dwells on the significance of visual representations in specific regional historical contexts, the range of symbolic signification attached to these and the mythologies and textual prescriptions that contribute to the codification and use of representational forms. Supplemented with over 60 images, this volume is a must-read for scholars and researchers of history and art.
The Hellenistic Far East
Author: Rachel Mairs
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2016-08-05
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 0520292464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquests in the late fourth century B.C., Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria (modern-day Afghanistan) and into India. Over the next three hundred years, these settlements evolved into multiethnic, multilingual communities as much Greek as they were indigenous. To explore the lives and identities of the inhabitants of the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, Rachel Mairs marshals a variety of evidence, from archaeology, to coins, to documentary and historical texts. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site in Central Asia, Mairs explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves. Significant and original, The Hellenistic Far East will highlight Bactrian studies as an important part of our understanding of the ancient world.
Empires to be remembered
Author: Michael Gehler
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-03-10
Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 3658340037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy applying a comparative approach the volume focuses on a select group of „empires“ which are generally not in the focus of empires studies. They are studied in detail and analyzed due to a strict concept that takes into account real history and reception history as well. Reception history becomes more and more an important element in empire studies although this topic is still often more or less underdeveloped. The volume singles out a series of such “forgotten empires”. It aims to provide a methodologically clearly structured as well as a uniform and consistent approach. It develops a general set of questions that help to compare and distinguish these entities. This way the volume intends to examine and to illuminate empires that are generally ignored by modern scholarship.
The Rediscovery and Reception of Gandhāran Art
Author: Wannaporn Rienjang
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2022-03-10
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1803272341
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the archaeologists and smugglers of the Raj to the museums of post-partition Pakistan and India, from coin-forgers and contraband to modern Buddhism and contemporary art, this fourth volume of the Gandhāra Connections project presents the most recent research on the factors that mediate our encounter with Gandhāran art.
