The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c25.14

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³ The discussions of Dr Vincent Smith and of Sir Thomas Holdich as to the site of Nicaea—the former puts it at Jalālābād and the latter at Kābul—are invalidated by the fact that Nicaea, if we follow Arrian, was not on the river Kābul at all. Alexander from Nicaea advances towards the Kābul; ἀφικόμενος ἐς Νίκαιαν…προὐχώρει ὡς ἐπὶ τὸν Κωφῆνα, IV, 22, 6. Mr M‘Crindle curiously omits the words in his translation. Not Nicaea, but some place on the way to the river Kābul, was where the army was divided.