The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.68
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c16.68
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¹ Nearchos is said to have started from his anchorage in the river on the twentieth day of the Athenian month Boëdromion (Sept.–Oct.), 325 B. C. This date seems to be correct. Alexander may have begun his march two or three weeks earlier. Aristoboulos (Strabo, xv, 17) is the authority for the descent of the rivers having lasted ten months. Patala was reached ‘about the rising of the dog-star’, July – August. The operations carried out at, or conducted from, Patala, must have occupied a considerable time.