From Persepolis to the Punjab: Exploring the Past in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Author:   Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis ,  Elizabeth Errington
Publisher:   British Museum Press
ISBN:  

9780714111650


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 June 2012
Format:   Hardback
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From Persepolis to the Punjab: Exploring the Past in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan


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The phrase 'from Persepolis to the Punjab' refers to the vast Iranian empires of the Achaemenids (550-331 BC), Parthians (238 BC-AD 224) and the Sasanians (AD 224-651), which extended eastwards through Afghanistan to the north-western borderlands of the Indian subcontinent. The interest of 19th-century European powers in this region has been called 'the Great Game' and its effects are explored in this book, which is based on contributions to a study day and conference held in the British Museum, supplemented with additional material.

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Author:   Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis ,  Elizabeth Errington
Publisher:   British Museum Press
Imprint:   British Museum Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.90cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.470kg
ISBN:  

9780714111650


ISBN 10:   0714111651
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 June 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1 The collectors; Deciphering the scripts; Empires and dynasties; Religion; Part 2 From Taq-i Bustan to Lahore: French and Italian officers in Persia and the Punjab, 1816 to 1846 (Jean-Marie Lafont); Bushire and beyond: some early archaeological discoveries in Iran (St John Simpson); The British and archaeology in 19th-century Persia (Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis); Discovering the Kushans (Joe Cribb); Exploring Gandhara (Elizabeth Errington); Sir Aurel Stein: the next generation (Helen Wang); Abbreviations and Bibliography; Conversion of different Chinese transliteration systems to Pinyin; Index.

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Elizabeth Errington and Vesta Curtis are curators specialising in Central Asian and Persian coins in the British Museum.

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