The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c13.28

c13.28

The structures thus solemnly dedicated were well designed to serve their double purpose; and constituted a dignified and worthy monument of the piety and labours of the world's greatest general. Their significance was fully appreciated by the Indian powers which had been compelled to bend before the Macedonian storm. We are told that Chandragupta Maurya, the first emperor of India, who succeeded to the lordship of Alexander's conquests, and his successors for centuries afterwards, continued to venerate the altars, and were in the habit of crossing the river to offer sacrifice upon them.¹