Alexander's campaigns in Sind and Baluchistan and the siege of the Brahmin town of Harmatelia

In quest of the identification and geographical location of the Brahmin town of Harmatelia, known for Alexander's siege which became a favourite literary theme throughout the Hellenistic age, the author has studied this minor problem within the much wider context of the historico-geographic con...

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Main Author: Eggermont, Pierre Herman Leonard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leuven Leuven University Press 1975
Series:Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta ; 3
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Call Number :DF 234.6 .E44 1975

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