The Hellenistic Far East : archaeology, language, and identity in Greek Central Asia / Rachel Mairs.

By:

Mairs, Rachel

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literaturePublication details: Oakland, CA : University of California press, 2016, c2014.Description: xiii, 231 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780520281271
9780520292468

Subject(s): DDC classification:

958.01

Contents:

List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Administering Bactria : From Achaemenid Satrapy to Graeco-Bactrian State -- 2. Ai Khanoum -- 3. Self-Representation in the Inscriptions of Sophytos (Arachosia) and Heliodoros (India) -- 4. Waiting for the Barbarians : The Fall of Greek Bactria -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Greek Documents.

Summary: "In 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 Afganistan) 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 particulararly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site in Central Asia, Mairs explores how these 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."-- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	958.01 ΜΑΙ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	28/05/2022	00000009430

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In 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 Afganistan) 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 particulararly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site in Central Asia, Mairs explores how these 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."-- Publisher's description.