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10 - Greeks, Scythians, Parthians and Kushans in Central Asia and India

from Part IV - Archaeology of Eurasian Empires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2017

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Osmund Bopearachchi
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Hyun Jin Kim ,
Frederik Juliaan Vervaet  and
Selim Ferruh Adali
Hyun Jin Kim
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Frederik Juliaan Vervaet
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Selim Ferruh Adali
Affiliation:
Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi, Turkey
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Eurasian Empires in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Contact and Exchange between the Graeco-Roman World, Inner Asia and China
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