Language and Script in Achaemenid and Hellenistic Central Asia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009782142)

This Element examines - for the first time in a single volume - the written evidence from the 'Far East' of the Hellenistic world (Bactria, Sogdiana, Arachosia, Gandhara). It examines how successive invaders of this region, from Persia, Greece and India, left their linguistic and textual mark. It reviews the surviving Hellenistic-period written material from archaeological sites in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan in Aramaic, Greek and Prakrit.

Author: Rachel Mairs
ISBN-10: 1009782142
ISBN-13: 9781009782142
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2026
Pages: 74
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d