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Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature; Being a Collection of Greek and Latin Texts Relating to India, Extracted from Herodotus and Other

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Section I HERODOTOS Herodotos of Halikarnassos, the Father of History, had a most vague and meagre knowledge of India. He knew that it was one of the remotest provinces of the Persian Empire towards the east, but of its extent and exact position he had no proper conception. His work contains the first notice of the famous gold-digging ants, whose labours yielded the vast tribute in gold which India in the days of Darius paid to the Persian crown. Herodotos was born in B.C. 484, and died at Thurii, a city in Magna Grcecia, situated on the Tarentine Gulf, where he spent the later years of his life, and where he wrote his History. His death was subsequent to the breaking out of the Peloponnesian War in 431 B.c. Book III. 89-96. In these chapters Herodotos relates that Darius on ascending the throne of Persia divided his empire into twenty governments called Satrapies, and Jixed the amount of tribute which each of these should pay into his treasury. India stands last in his enumeration of these Satrapies. 97. Of the Indians, the population is by far the greatest of all nations whom we know of, and they paid a tribute proportionately larger than all the rest, 360 talents of gold dust;l this was the twentieth division. 98. The Indians obtain the great quantity of gold from which they supply the before-mentioned dust to the king, in the manner presently described. That part of India towards the rising sun is all sand; for of the people with whom we are acquainted, and of whom anything certain is told, the Indians live the farthest towards the east and the sunrise, of all the inhabitants of Asia, for the Indians' country towards the east is a desert by reason of the sands. There are many nations of Indians, and they do not speak the same language as each other; some of ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature; Being a Collection of Greek and Latin Texts Relating to India, Extracted from Herodotus and Other. To get started finding Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature; Being a Collection of Greek and Latin Texts Relating to India, Extracted from Herodotus and Other, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 110

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Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1154133230

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1901. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Section I HERODOTOS Herodotos of Halikarnassos, the Father of History, had a most vague and meagre knowledge of India. He knew that it was one of the remotest provinces of the Persian Empire towards the east, but of its extent and exact position he had no proper conception. His work contains the first notice of the famous gold-digging ants, whose labours yielded the vast tribute in gold which India in the days of Darius paid to the Persian crown. Herodotos was born in B.C. 484, and died at Thurii, a city in Magna Grcecia, situated on the Tarentine Gulf, where he spent the later years of his life, and where he wrote his History. His death was subsequent to the breaking out of the Peloponnesian War in 431 B.c. Book III. 89-96. In these chapters Herodotos relates that Darius on ascending the throne of Persia divided his empire into twenty governments called Satrapies, and Jixed the amount of tribute which each of these should pay into his treasury. India stands last in his enumeration of these Satrapies. 97. Of the Indians, the population is by far the greatest of all nations whom we know of, and they paid a tribute proportionately larger than all the rest, 360 talents of gold dust;l this was the twentieth division. 98. The Indians obtain the great quantity of gold from which they supply the before-mentioned dust to the king, in the manner presently described. That part of India towards the rising sun is all sand; for of the people with whom we are acquainted, and of whom anything certain is told, the Indians live the farthest towards the east and the sunrise, of all the inhabitants of Asia, for the Indians' country towards the east is a desert by reason of the sands. There are many nations of Indians, and they do not speak the same language as each other; some of ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature; Being a Collection of Greek and Latin Texts Relating to India, Extracted from Herodotus and Other. To get started finding Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature; Being a Collection of Greek and Latin Texts Relating to India, Extracted from Herodotus and Other, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature; Being a Collection of Greek and Latin Texts Relating to India, Extracted from Herodotus and Other

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