The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c13.26

c13.26

‘Alexander divided the army into brigades, which he ordered to prepare twelve altars equal in height to the loftiest military towers, while exceeding them in breadth; to serve both as thank-offerings to the gods who had led him so far on the path of conquest, and as a memorial of his achievements. When the altars had been constructed, he