Indica

Books

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  Book 1

  Arrian introduces the geography and peoples of India, drawing on Megasthenes and Nearchus to describe a land that astonished the Greeks.

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  Book 2

  The great rivers of India — the Indus, Ganges, and their tributaries — which the Greeks compared to their own rivers and found incomparably greater.

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  Book 3

  The great rivers of India — the Indus, Ganges, and their tributaries — which the Greeks compared to their own rivers and found incomparably greater.

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  Book 4

  The great rivers of India — the Indus, Ganges, and their tributaries — which the Greeks compared to their own rivers and found incomparably greater.

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  Book 5

  The great rivers of India — the Indus, Ganges, and their tributaries — which the Greeks compared to their own rivers and found incomparably greater.

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  Book 6

  Indian fauna: elephants, tigers, and exotic creatures that amazed Macedonian soldiers accustomed to European wildlife.

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  Book 7

  Indian fauna: elephants, tigers, and exotic creatures that amazed Macedonian soldiers accustomed to European wildlife.

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  Book 8

  Indian fauna: elephants, tigers, and exotic creatures that amazed Macedonian soldiers accustomed to European wildlife.

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  Book 9

  Indian fauna: elephants, tigers, and exotic creatures that amazed Macedonian soldiers accustomed to European wildlife.

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• 10
  Book 10

  Indian fauna: elephants, tigers, and exotic creatures that amazed Macedonian soldiers accustomed to European wildlife.

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  Book 11

  Indian social customs, castes, and governance — the philosophers, warriors, farmers, and artisans who compose Indian society.

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  Book 12

  Indian social customs, castes, and governance — the philosophers, warriors, farmers, and artisans who compose Indian society.

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  Book 13

  Indian social customs, castes, and governance — the philosophers, warriors, farmers, and artisans who compose Indian society.

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  Book 14

  Indian social customs, castes, and governance — the philosophers, warriors, farmers, and artisans who compose Indian society.

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  Book 15

  Indian social customs, castes, and governance — the philosophers, warriors, farmers, and artisans who compose Indian society.

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  Book 16

  Indian religion and philosophy as understood by Greek observers, including the gymnosophists (naked philosophers) who fascinated Alexander.

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  Book 17

  Indian religion and philosophy as understood by Greek observers, including the gymnosophists (naked philosophers) who fascinated Alexander.

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  Book 18

  Indian religion and philosophy as understood by Greek observers, including the gymnosophists (naked philosophers) who fascinated Alexander.

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  Book 19

  Indian religion and philosophy as understood by Greek observers, including the gymnosophists (naked philosophers) who fascinated Alexander.

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  Book 20

  Indian religion and philosophy as understood by Greek observers, including the gymnosophists (naked philosophers) who fascinated Alexander.

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  Book 21

  Nearchus's voyage begins — Alexander's admiral sets sail from the Indus delta to chart the sea route back to Mesopotamia.

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  Book 22

  Nearchus's voyage begins — Alexander's admiral sets sail from the Indus delta to chart the sea route back to Mesopotamia.

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  Book 23

  Nearchus's voyage begins — Alexander's admiral sets sail from the Indus delta to chart the sea route back to Mesopotamia.

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  Book 24

  Nearchus's voyage begins — Alexander's admiral sets sail from the Indus delta to chart the sea route back to Mesopotamia.

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  Book 25

  Nearchus's voyage begins — Alexander's admiral sets sail from the Indus delta to chart the sea route back to Mesopotamia.

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  Book 26

  The fleet navigates the coast of Gedrosia, battling storms, shortages, and the terror of whales encountered in the Arabian Sea.

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  Book 27

  The fleet navigates the coast of Gedrosia, battling storms, shortages, and the terror of whales encountered in the Arabian Sea.

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  Book 28

  The fleet navigates the coast of Gedrosia, battling storms, shortages, and the terror of whales encountered in the Arabian Sea.

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  Book 29

  The fleet navigates the coast of Gedrosia, battling storms, shortages, and the terror of whales encountered in the Arabian Sea.

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  Book 30

  The fleet navigates the coast of Gedrosia, battling storms, shortages, and the terror of whales encountered in the Arabian Sea.

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  Book 31

  Nearchus encounters the Fish-Eaters along the Makran coast, whose entire civilisation is built from whale bones and dried fish.

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  Book 32

  Nearchus encounters the Fish-Eaters along the Makran coast, whose entire civilisation is built from whale bones and dried fish.

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  Book 33

  Nearchus encounters the Fish-Eaters along the Makran coast, whose entire civilisation is built from whale bones and dried fish.

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  Book 34

  Nearchus encounters the Fish-Eaters along the Makran coast, whose entire civilisation is built from whale bones and dried fish.

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  Book 35

  Nearchus encounters the Fish-Eaters along the Makran coast, whose entire civilisation is built from whale bones and dried fish.

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  Book 36

  The fleet rounds the coast of Arabia, approaching the Persian Gulf and the reunion with Alexander's land forces.

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  Book 37

  The fleet rounds the coast of Arabia, approaching the Persian Gulf and the reunion with Alexander's land forces.

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  Book 38

  The fleet rounds the coast of Arabia, approaching the Persian Gulf and the reunion with Alexander's land forces.

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  Book 39

  The fleet rounds the coast of Arabia, approaching the Persian Gulf and the reunion with Alexander's land forces.

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  Book 40

  The fleet rounds the coast of Arabia, approaching the Persian Gulf and the reunion with Alexander's land forces.

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  Book 41

  The final leg of the voyage brings the fleet to the mouth of the Euphrates, completing the first recorded navigation from India to Mesopotamia.

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  Book 42

  The final leg of the voyage brings the fleet to the mouth of the Euphrates, completing the first recorded navigation from India to Mesopotamia.

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  Book 43

  The final leg of the voyage brings the fleet to the mouth of the Euphrates, completing the first recorded navigation from India to Mesopotamia.

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