The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.36

c16.36

The barbed arrow was withdrawn by a bold operation which involved much bleeding and threatened immediate death, but Alexander's strong constitution eventually triumphed, and the dangerous wound was healed. The infuriated troops fell upon the unfortunate inhabitants, and slew them all—sparing neither man, woman, nor child.