Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c9.s34.6

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c9.s34.6

² 'When Alexander asked him whether he had more husbandmen or soldiers, he replied that as he was at war with two kings he required more soldiers than field labourers.' Curtius, viii, ch. 12 (*Invasion*, p. 202.).

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Historiae Alexandri Magni — Q. Curtius Rufus, Latin