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Ancient India As Described by Ktêsias the Knidian: Being a Translation of the Abridgement of His "indika" by Photios, and of the Fragments of That Work Preserved in Other Writers

Name: Ancient India As Described by Ktêsias the Knidian: Being a Translation of the Abridgement of His "indika" by Photios, and of the Fragments of That Work Preserved in Other Writers
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ISBN: 9781148947006

Ctesias

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

214 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2009

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Ctesias

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Ctesias was a Greek physician and historian from Cnidus in Caria. Ctesias, who lived in the 5th century BC, was physician to Artaxerxes Mnemon, whom he accompanied in 401 BC on his expedition against his brother Cyrus the Younger.
Ctesias was the author of treatises on rivers, and on the Persian revenues, of an account of India entitled Indica (which is of value as recording the beliefs of the Persians about India), and of a history of Assyria and Persia in 23 books, called Persica, written in opposition to Herodotus in the Ionic dialect, and professedly founded on the Persian royal archives.

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