On Alexander''s Track to the Indus - Personal Narrative of Explorations on North West Frontier of India

In this 1929 work, Stein describes an expedition tracing the route of Alexander the Great's invasion of India in 326 BCE.

List of contents

Preface; 1. An old transborder goal; 2. The start from Swat; 3. Visits to Buddhist ruins; 4. Welcome by an old friend; 5. Bir-kot and the ruins around it; 6. Alexander's invasion of Swat; 7. Past King Uttarasena's stupa; 8. Ude-gram and its ancient fastness; 9. At the Badshah's capital; 10. Buddhist remains about Saidu and Manglawar; 11. On the way to the Swat Kohistan; 12. The entry into Torwal; 13. To the headwaters of the Swat river; 14. Across the Swat-Indus watershed; 15. Over the Shilkai Pass and down Kana; 16. The ascent to Pir-sar; 17. In search of Aornos; 18. The survey of Pir-sar; 19. The story of Alexander's siege of Aornos; 20. Aornos located on Pir-sar; 21. Ancient remains of Pir-sar and the name of Mount Una; 22. Farewell to an historic site and its story; 23. Through Chakesar and Puran; 24. To Buner and Mount Ilam; 25. Departure from Swat; Index.

Product details

• Authors: M. Aurel Stein, Stein M. Aurel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781108077606
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07760-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region