[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Principate (31 BCE – 300 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial) › [Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius) › 9.1.7 # Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander 9.1.7 Historiae Alexandri Magni 9.1.7 - **Language:** Latin ### [9.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.7) Abisares, qui, priusquam cum Poro dimicaretur, legatos ad Alexandrum miserat, rursus alios misit pollicentes, omnia facturum, quae imperasset, modo ne cogeretur corpus suum dedere: neque enim aut sine regio imperio victurum aut regnaturum esse captivum. > In the neighbouring mountains was abundance of timber fit for building ships, and the men in hewing down the trees came upon serpents of most extraordinary size. There they also found the rhinoceros, an animal rarely met with elsewhere. This is not the name it bears among the Indians, but one given it by the Greeks, who were ignorant of the speech of the country. The king having built two cities, one on each side of the river which he had lately crossed, presented each of the generals with a crown, in addition to a thousand pieces of gold. Others also received rewards in accordance either with the place which they held in his friendship, or the value of the services which they had rendered. Abisares, who had sent envoys to Alexander before the battle with Porus had come off, now sent others to assure him that he was ready to do whatever he commanded, provided only he was not obliged to surrender his person ; for he could neither live, he said, without having the power of a king, nor have that power if he were to be kept in captivity. Alexander bade them tell their master that if he grudged to come to Alexander, Alexander would go to him. > — John Watson McCrindle 1896, The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great (Curtius' books VIII–IX) - [Previous: 9.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.6) - [Next: 9.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.8) - [Up: 9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great (Curtius' books VIII–IX)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius~en-mccrindle.9.1.p2) — John Watson McCrindle 1896, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.curtius.9.1.7) · Pramāṇa