Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.32
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.32
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In B. C. 327 the Taxilian throne was occupied by a *hyparch*, or *basileus*, whom the Greeks called Taxiles. When Alexander of Macedon arrived in the Kābul valley he sent a herald to the king of Taxila to bid him come and meet him. Taxiles accordingly did come to meet the conqueror, bringing valuable gifts. When he died his son Mophis or Omphis (Sanskrit Āmbhi) succeeded to the government. Curiously enough, the reputed author of the *Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra*, himself a native of Taxila according to the *Mahāvaṁsa Ṭīkā*, refers to a school of political philosophers called Āmbhīyas, and Dr. F. W. Thomas connects them with Taxilā.¹