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Classical Source Analysis

3 articles on Classical Source Analysis from The Indian Historical Quarterly, published 1927–1938. Each entry has a summary of the article; open it for the full summary, citation and original PDF.

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Articles on Classical Source Analysis

  1. 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…

  2. Two Short Remarks on Ancient Indian History

    By Jarl Charpentier · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935

  3. 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…