Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c9.s10.3

c9.s10.3

From his camp below the confluence of the Jhelum and the Chenab, Alexander planned a great drive against the tribal confederations of the Mālavas, and their allies, the Kshudrakas, who lived farther tot he East along the Beas. While he himself with his favourite troops would deliver the main attack, Hephaestion, who had gone in advance, and Ptolemy, who was to follow behind, would prevent the enemy's attempts to escape in either direction. Nearchus was to take the fleet to the next confluence of the Chenab with the Rāvi, where all forces were to assemble again at the end of the campaign.