They went slowly up the highly polished stairway into a large, low parlour, facing the vivid, everyday business drama of Broadway; but the room itself was like an Arabian Night's dream, for the Eastern atmosphere was supplemented by divans and sofas covered with rare cashmere shawls, and rugs of turkestan, and with cushions of all kinds of oriental splendour.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
We know of few Greek colonies, or none, founded by him or his dynasty beyond the earlier limits of the Ancient East, where, in Afghanistan, turkestan and India, Alexander had planted nearly all his new cities.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
Parthian and Sassanian art, the earlier Buddhist art of north-western India and Chinese turkestan, some features even of early Mohammedan art, and some, too, of early Mohammedan doctrine and imperial policy, disprove any sweeping assertion that nothing Greek took root beyond the bounds of the Roman Empire.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth