Book Description
Explains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.
Author : Richard Seaford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 15,12 MB
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1108499554
Explains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.
Author : Richard Stoneman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0691217475
An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCE. When the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander's army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a new and strange world. They knew a few legends and travelers' tales, but their categories of thought were inadequate to encompass what they witnessed. The plants were unrecognizable, their properties unknown. The customs of the people were various and puzzling. While Alexander's conquest was brief, ending with his death in 323 BCE, the Greeks would settle in the Indian region for the next two centuries, forging an era of productive interactions between the two cultures. The Greek Experience of India explores the various ways that the Greeks reacted to and constructed life in India during this fruitful period. From observations about botany and mythology to social customs, Richard Stoneman examines the surviving evidence of those who traveled to India. Most particularly, he offers a full and valuable look at Megasthenes, ambassador of the Seleucid king Seleucus to Chandragupta Maurya, and provides a detailed discussion of Megasthenes's now-fragmentary book Indica. Stoneman considers the art, literature, and philosophy of the Indo-Greek kingdom and how cultural influences crossed in both directions, with the Greeks introducing their writing, coinage, and sculptural and architectural forms, while Greek craftsmen learned to work with new materials such as ivory and stucco and to probe the ideas of Buddhists and other ascetics.
Author : M.L. Varadpande
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 30,56 MB
Release : 1981
Category :
ISBN : 8170171474
In The Year 326 B.C. A Play Agen Was Staged In The Military Camp Of Alexander The Great On The Bank Of River Jhelum In Upper Punjab. A Fragment Of A Vase, With The Painting Depicting A Scene From The Play Antigone , Was Found Near Peshawar. As Amphitheatre Which Betrays Greco-Roman Influence Was Excavated At Nagarjunakonda In Andhra Pradesh. A Papyrus Manuscript Of A Farce Written In Greek And Kannada Languages Was Found In Egypt In The Year 1899 By The Team Of Archaeologists Deployed By The Biblical Archaeological Association. Early Greek Records Speak Of Export Of Flute Girls And Singing Boys To India. A Sanskrit Farce Of Gupta Period Mentions A Yavana Ganika Karpoorturishtha Settled In Ujjayani In Central India. Striking Similarities Are Found In The Theoies Of Aristotle And Bharata About The Origin And Nature Of Dramatic Arts. In This Book M.L. Varadpande, A Distinguished Scholar And Theatre Histoian, Analyses The Data To Explore The Probable Relationship Between Theatrical Arts Of Ancient India And Greece. He Starts This Fascinating Study By Giving Historical Account Of Early Indian Theatre. He Studies Dancing Figures On The Walls Of Mesolithic Cave Shelters Of Bhimbetka, Musical Instruments And Figurines Of Dancers And Jesters Excavated At The Sites Connected With Ancient Indus Valley Civilization And Vedic Rituals, Dialogue Hymns. Here Is A Brilliant Work Which Focuses Attention On The Unexplored Areas Of Indian Theatrical Tradition And Speaks About The Contact Between Theatrical Arts Of Two Great Ancient Civilizations Of The World.
Author : Dipak Basu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 2021-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030714934
This book, the first of two volumes, examines ancient civilizations to explore the ethical foundations of modern economic systems. The origin of ethical values is analyzed from a historical context and, through investigating the spread of the Aryan civilization from India into the rest of the world, the links between ancient Russia, India, Japan, and Greece are highlighted. By examining the business management in these societies, the development of an ethical system is explained. This book aims to highlight how trust is fundamental to transactions within an exchange economy. It will be relevant to those interested in economics, development studies, international relations, and global politics.
Author : Nalinee M. Chapekar
Publisher : Delhi : Ajanta Publications (India) : distributors, Ajanta Books International
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 37,52 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Greece
ISBN :
Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 28,76 MB
Release : 1999-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226156408
Hindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled. This text recounts and compares a range of these. The comparisons show that differences in gender are more significant than differences in culture.
Author : Herodotus
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 29,80 MB
Release : 2023-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Herodotus, the great Greek historian, wrote this famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians in a delightful style. Herodotus portrays the dispute as one between the forces of slavery on the one hand and freedom on the other. This work covers the rise of the Persian influence and a history of the Persian empire, a description and history of Egypt, and a long digression on the landscape and traditions of Scythia. Because of the comprehensiveness of this work, it was considered the founding work of history in Western literature. A must-have for history enthusiasts.
Author : Edward Pococke
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 1852
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Thomas McEvilley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1015 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 1581159331
Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today’s Western world must be considered the product of both Greek and Indian thought—Western and Eastern philosophies. Thomas McEvilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration currents allowed cultural philosophies to intermingle freely throughout India, Egypt, Greece, and the ancient Near East. This groundbreaking reference will stir relentless debate among philosophers, art historians, and students.
Author : Phiroze Vasunia
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 25,37 MB
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0199203237
Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this book provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the minds of the British colonizers, and highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity.