[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Greeks in Bactria and India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938) › c10.s2.230 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s2.230 The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s2.230 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.230) ⁵ Arigaion (Arr. iv, 24, 7) and perhaps Nysa (Arr. v, 1, 1), which is not Ptolemy’s Dionysopolis. The garrisons left in Swat—Massaga, Ora, Bazira, Orobatis (Arr. iv, 25, 4-5)—did not necessarily become military colonies. (To V. Chapot, \*Mélanges Glotz\* 1932 p. 173, all Alexander’s foundations were essentially garrisons. The greater number were really military colonies; see pp. 6 sq.) - [Previous: c10.s2.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.229) - [Next: c10.s2.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.231) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2) ## Cites (3) - [Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀνάβασις](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.arrian.anabasis.4.24.7) — Λούκιος Φλάουιος Ἀρριανός, Ancient Greek - [Bazira](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.barikot) - [Ora](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ora) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.230) · Pramāṇa