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張騫 Zhang Qian. The Secret Envoy of Han Emperor Wu in Search of the Arsi (Yuezhi) and the Fall of the Græco-Bactrian Kingdom. (Annotated Compilation of Eastern and Western Sources)

The study undertakes: — to clarify in what year Zhang Qian reached the Oxus river; to establish that the Daxia 大夏 in Shiji 123 represent the Tachar/Tochar of Tochar-i-stan; to explain how we are to understand the "List of Four" in Strabon 11.8.2.

The study undertakes: —
to clarify in what year Zhang Qian reached the Oxus river;
to establish that the Daxia 大夏 in Shiji 123 represent the Tachar/Tochar of Tochar-i-stan;
to explain how we are to understand the "List of Four" in Strabon 11.8.2.

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C O N T E N T S<br />

Summary IV<br />

1 — In what year did <strong>Zhang</strong> <strong>Qian</strong> reach <strong>the</strong> Oxus River ? 1<br />

2 — Are we entitled to equate ›Daxia‹ with Tachar/Tocharistan ? 29<br />

3 — How are we to underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> four names <strong>in</strong> Strabo’s list ? 73<br />

Bibliography 97<br />

Illustrations 107<br />

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