This book is a succinct account of the intercourse between India and the Greco-Roman world from the earliest times till the fall of Rome. From prehistoric times, three great trade routes have connected India to the West the Persian Gulf route, the overland route from Indian passes to the Balkh and from there by river to the Caspian; then to the Eixine and Antioch and Hekatompylus, and lastly the circuitous sea route down the Persian and Arabian coasts to Aden and up the Red Sea to Suez to Egypt and Tyre and Sidon on the other. The earliest of the intercourse was between Indus valley and the Euphrates.
I. From The Earliest Times To The Fall Of Babylon 1
II. The Persian Period. Herodotus : Ktesias 16
III. The Maurya Empire. Megasthenes 33
IV. Greek And Semi-Greek Dynasties Of The Pan Jab 69
V. The Ptolemies 88 VI. India And The Roman Empire 101
VI. India And The Roman Empire (Continued) 127
VII. The Effects Of The Intercourse Between India And The West 155
VIII. Bibliography 181
IX. Index 183
H.G. Rawlinson was Professor of English at the Deccan College, Poona. He is the author of Baktria, The History of a Foreign Empire, Indian Historical Studies, etc.
