Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s1.7
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s1.7
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¹ Some modern scholars propose to read 'Nandrum' (Nanda) in place of 'Alexandrum.' Such conjectural emendations by modern editors often mislead students who have no access to original sources and make the confusion regarding the early career of Chandragupta worse confounded (*cf. Indian Culture*, Vol. II. No. 3, p. 558; for 'boldness of speech', *cf.* Grote XII. 141, case of Kleitus, and pp. 147 ff, case of Kallisthenes)