Articles on Classical Source Analysis
Chinese‑Indian Contacts prior to the Latter Half of the first century
By Elmer H. Cutts · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938
Professor B.M. Barua’s paper reviews early interactions between China and India prior to the first century CE by examining Indian, Greco‑Roman and Chinese sources. He summarises Indian myths of a North‑western land called Cina and notes that the Arthaśāstra…
Two Short Remarks on Ancient Indian History
By Jarl Charpentier · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935
Radha or the Ancient Ganga-Rashtra
By Nandu Lal Dey · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
The term "Radha" derives from the Pali/Sanskrit *Ragha* or *Ragira*, a corruption of *Raghra*, originally denoting a country on the western Ganges. Historical sources like the *Periplus of the Erythraean Sea* (1st century CE) and accounts by Megasthenes (4th…