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The invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin : being translations of such portions of the works of these and other classical authors as describe Alexander\u0027s campaigns in Afghanistan, the Punjâb, Sindh, Gedrosia and Karmania

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The invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin : being translations of such portions of the works of these and other classical authors as describe Alexander\u0027s campaigns in Afghanistan, the Punjâb, Sindh, Gedrosia and Karmania / with an introduction containing a life of Alexander, copious notes, illustrations, maps and indices by J. W. M\u0027Crindle.
Author
McCrindle, John Watson, 1825-1913.
Publication
Westminster : A. Constable and Co., 1896.

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Additional Authors
  • Arrian.
  • Curtius Rufus, Quintus.
  • Diodorus, Siculus.
  • Plutarch.
  • Justinus, Marcus Junianus.
Description
xxxix, 432 pages : illustrations maps (part folded); 24 cm
Subject
  • Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C
  • Classical literature > Translations into English
  • English literature
  • India > History > To 324 B.C
Note
  • Includes index.
  • Publisher\u0027s lettering: Ancient India.
Contents
Introduction, containing a life of Alexander.--Arrian\u0027s Anabasis; fourth book, chapters XXII-XXX; fifth and sixth books.--History of Alexander the Great, by Q. Curtius Rufus; eighth book, chapters IX-XIV; ninth book.--Bibliotheca historica of Diodoros Siculus; seventeenth book, chapters LXXXIV-CVII.--Plutarch\u0027s Life of Alexander; chapters LVIII-LXVII.--Historiae Phillippicae of Justinus; twelfth book, chapters VII-X; fifteenth book, chapter IV.--Appendices.--General index.--Index of authorities quoted or referred to.
LCCN
01003411
OCLC
  • ocm03998851
  • SCSB-4898752
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries