The Ancient Geography of India, Volume I: The Buddhist Period Including the Campaigns of Alexander and the Travels of Hiuen-Tsiang, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 8121510643

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The Ancient Geography of India, Volume I: The Buddhist Period Including the Campaigns of Alexander and the Travels of Hiuen-Tsiang

Alexander Cunningham (Author) Surendranath Majumdar Sastri (Editor)

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This book is a standard treatise on the Indian geography, and is an indispensable handbook for those who are interested in Indian antiquities. First published in 1871, and so naturally some portions have become to some extent antiquated in the light of more recent knowledge. However it has not been superseded and still remains indispensable.

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Alexander Cunningham

Sir Alexander Cunningham (1814-1893) was the first Archaeological Surveyor to the Government of India (1861-1865), the department was abolished in 1865, but revived in 1870, with Cunningham as Director, he held the post until he retired in 1885. Apart from his official reports of his annual tours and his occasional contribution to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, he wrote on Ladakh; The Bhilsa Topes; The Ancient Geography of Inscriptions of Ashoka; The Stupa of Bharhut; The Book of Indian Eras; Mahabodhi; Coins of Mediaeval India; Coins of Indo-Scythian Sakas and Kush; Coins of Alexanderâ€™s Successors in the East.

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