The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.33

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The Malloi, being hard pressed, recrossed the Hydraōtes, the passage of which they attempted to defend with 50,000 men; but they were no match for the Europeans, and fled ‘with headlong speed’ to the strongest fortified town in the neighbourhood. This small town, which cannot be identified precisely, and was situated somewhere near the boundary of the Jhang and Montgomery Districts, 80 or 90 miles to the north-east of Multan, was the scene of one of the most memorable incidents in Alexander’s adventurous career, admirably described by Arrian from materials supplied by Ptolemy.¹