India in Greece Or, Truth in Mythology

India in Greece Or, Truth in Mythology
Author: E. Pococke
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9788129137944

Where did the Aryans come from originally? Did they invade India? Or were they actually Indian invaders who colonized Greece? In India in Greece, E. Pococke explores the theory that the Aryans may have originally travelled from India to Greece, colonized the latter and influenced the culture there. Centuries later, they came back to India. Covering topics as diverse as the sources of the Hellenic Race, the colonization of Egypt and Palestine, the wars of the Grand Lama and the Bud'hist propaganda in Greece, the author tries to show that at some point in history, India and Greece were closely associated.

Splitting the Difference

Splitting the Difference
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1999-06
Genre: 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.

India in Greece Or Truth in Mythology by E. Pococke

India in Greece Or Truth in Mythology by E. Pococke
Author: Edward Pococke
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2021-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781014962874

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Greek Experience of India

The Greek Experience of India
Author: Richard Stoneman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: 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.

India in Greece

India in Greece
Author: Edward Pococke
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2014-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781498149358

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1852 Edition. Containing The Sources Of The Hellenic Race, The Colonization Of Egypt And Palestine, The Wars Of The Grand Lama And The Buddhistic Propaganda In Greece.