Pakistan
There are 186 items in Pakistan:
Grand Trunk Road
Grand Trunk Road (Old Indian Uttarāpatha): ancient route from Afghanistan through the Punjab to the Ganges valley. Grand Trunk Road The Grand…
Grand Trunk Road |
Landscape along the Grand Trunk Road, east of Islamabad |
Landscape along the Grand Trunk Road, east of Islamabad |
Gymnosophists
Gymnosophists ("naked philosophers"): Greek expression for the sages of India (saddhus) and a group of sages in southern Egypt or Nubia.India …Herodotus on the gold-digging "ants"
One of the most fantastic stories by Herodotus is his account of the gold-digging ants in India, which has unexpectedly found confirmation. The gold digging "ants" [3.102] Besides these, there are Indians of another tribe, who border on the city of Caspatyrus,…Hydaspes (326 BCE)
Hydaspes (Old Indian Vitaçtā, modern Jhelum): river in Pakistan, famous for a battle of Alexander the Great. Hydaspes, possible location of…
Hydaspes, possible location of the battlefield |
The hidden valley behind the Hydaspes |
Hydraotes (Ravi)
Hydraotes (Old Indian Iravati, modern Ravi): river in the Punjab, where Alexander the Great attacked a group of refugees.The river Ravi, the ancient Hydraotes or Iravati, south of modern Kamalia. This part of the Punjab belonged to the Mallians (Malava),…
Lion-shaped Indian capital from the age of Ashoka |
Indus
Indus (Old Indian Sindhu): large river in Pakistan, more or less the eastern limit of the world that the Greeks knew. …