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Collection of Ancient Indian and Persian Civilization Documents

Compiled By Zhou Qidi And Wo Shuping

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"Collection of Documents of Ancient Indian and Persian Civilizations" is a volume in the collection of documents on the "Belt and Road" civilizations in the new era. Through a large number of typical classical documents of ancient Persia and ancient India, this book allows readers to more intuitively understand the history of ancient India and ancient Persia and get in touch with ancient civilizations. The Indian part mainly introduces historical materials such as the Vedas and Buddhist scriptures, Kautilya's Arthashastra, Ashoka's stone pillar inscriptions, and Xuanzang's "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" to interpret the history of ancient Indian civilization. The Persian part mainly introduces readers to the civilization of ancient Persia through the "History" of ancient Greek Herodotus, Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War", Xenophon's "Long March" and Arrian's "Expedition of Alexander", several inscriptions of the kings of the Persian Empire, especially Darius's "Behistun Inscription", and the inscriptions of two commercial usurer families during the Persian Empire (Egibe Merchants and Murashu Merchants).