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Excerpt from Coins of Ancient India: From the Earliest Times Down to the Seventh Century A. D But there is another point which no one has yet noticed, although it has a very important bearing on this architec tural question. This point is the simple fact that the Persepolitan style must certainly have been previously introduced into India by the Akhaamenian kings of Persia long before the time of Alexander. This point is proved by the prevalence of Persepolitan capitals and bases in every part of the country where remains still exist, from Kabul eastwards to Bharhut and Buddha Gaya. As not a single specimen of Greek architecture has yet been found to the east of the H ydaspes, I conclude, with some confi dence, that the Persepolitan style must have been intro duced during the two centuries of Persian dominion before the time of Alexander. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.