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Holt, Frank Lee.

    Lost world of the golden king : in search of ancient Afghanistan / Frank L. Holt.

       p. cm. —(Hellenistic culture and society ; 53)

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    ISBN 978-0-520-27342-9 (cloth, alk. paper)

    1. Bactria—Civilization. 2. Bactria—Antiquities. 3. Greeks—Afghanistan—History—To 1500. 4. Eucratides, the Great, fl. 170–145 B.c. 5. Coins, Greek—Bactria. 6. Coins, Greek—Afghanistan. 7. Afghanistan—Civilization. 8. Afghanistan—Antiquities. I. Title.

DS374.B28H655  2012

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