Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.113

c11.113

"Along the Indus are the Paropamisadae, above whom lies the Paropamisus mountain ; then, towards the south, the Arachoti ; then next, towards the south, the Gedroseni, with the other tribes that occupy the seaboard ; and the Indus lies, latitudinally, alongside all these places ; and of these places, in part, some that lie along the Indus are held by Indians, although they formerly belonged to the Persians. Alexander took these away from the Arians and established settlements³ of his own, but Seleucus Nicator gave them to Sandrocottus, upon terms of intermarriage (epigamia) and of receiving in exchange five hundred elephants."⁴