From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: July 1, 1992| Author: Narain, A.K. | COPYRIGHT 1992 American Oriental Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

It has been very encouraging to witness during the last three decades a new interest in examining afresh relations between "India" and the Graeco-Roman world in ancient times. Several books dealing with the subject have lately been published. Klaus Karttunen's is one among the latest I have seen.

This book, as the author states, is a study of "the early Greek accounts of India and some related problems" and his task is to "reach some kind of evaluation of these sources."...