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Very informative. Wonder how long it took to get from Greece to India at that time? Remember seeing a reference in a book on influence of the Cynics school on t
by escherplex 8y ago
Very informative. Wonder how long it took to get from Greece to India at that time? Remember seeing a reference in a book on influence of the Cynics school on the later Platonic Academy, post Roman conquest, to a letter from one wealthy aristocrats' son to another concerning some 'Grand Tour' where they would travel to India to interact with Brahman intellectuals, then off to Persia to interact with Magi (there was a reference to the Dervish being useless) then back to Greece. Must have been at least a two year excursion.
- oh_sigh 8y agoI can give you an upper bound of 4 years - as that is how long it took Alexander's army to cover that distance(while winning a few battles here and there between all the walking).