The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c26.s1.55
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c26.s1.55
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¹ According to Philostratus, Apollonius of Tyana twice visited Bardanes or Vardanes, king of Parthia, who reigned from *c.* A. D. 39 to 47, and resided at Babylon. Prof. Petrie seems to be right in holding that the travels of Apollonius in India should be dated in A. D. 43–44. At that time Philostratus represents the Western Panjāb as being under the government of King Phraōtes, evidently a Parthian. The Satrap on the eastern side of the Indus was subordinate to Phraōtes of Taxila and independent of Bardanes (*Apollonius*, Bk. I, ch. 28; Bk. II, ch. 17; Bk. III, ch. 58. For Phraōtes, see Bk. II, ch. 26–31). Although the details of the Indian travels are fictitious, Philostratus seems to have been right in placing the kingdom of Taxila under an independent Parthian ruler at or about the date named.