From Persia to Punjab : Exploring ancient Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan
By
Elizabeth Errington and Vesta Sarkhoh curtis
Contributor
With contributions by Joe Cribb, Jean-Marie Lafont, St John Simpson, Helen Wang.
Periodical
0
Serial
13869
Publisher
The British Museum Press, London; Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
Description
268
ISBN / ISSN No.
9788190832342
Subject
1. Iran -- Antiquities; 2. Afghanistan -- Antiquities; 3. Pakistan -- Antiquities.
Summay
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 I
Keyword
Indo-British coins and other coins like Persia, Afghanistan etc, Gandhara arts, Naqsh-i-Rustam, archaeology etc.
Accession No.
13869
Category
History