Note on the Historical Results Deducible from Recent Discoveries in Afghanistan - Couverture souple

Prinsep, Henry Thoby

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1241091129 ISBN 13 : 9781241091125

Editeur : Primary Sources, Historical Collections, 2011

Synopsis

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous generations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Public are not nnacquaiiited with the fact, that discoveries of much interest have recently been made in the regions of Central A sia, which were the seat of Greek dominion for some hundred years after their conquest by A lexander. These discoveries are principally, but not entirely, numismatic, and have revealed the names of sovereigns of Greek race and of their Scythian, and Parthian successors, of nane of whom is any mention to be found in the extant histories of the Eastor West. There has also been opened to the curious, through these coins, a language, the existence of which was hitherto unknown, and which must have been the vernacular dialect of some of the regions in which the Grecian colonies were established. The coins possess particular value as a key for the cypher of this language through their bilingual legends and superscriptions, and have been extensively and successfully used for that purpose. But the investigation deserves, and requires to be further prosecuted, for there are inscriptions forthcoming in the language, which if the ingenuity of the learned should succeed in completely translating and explaining them, cannot fail to throw much light, on the worse than Cimmerian darkness, that still envelops the age and country which have bequeathed them to us.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Primary Sources, Historical Collections
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1241091129
• ISBN 13: 9781241091125
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible