[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.s2.95 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s2.95 The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s2.95 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.95) ⁶ Strabo xv, 698: we know India within the Hypanis καὶ εἴ τινα προσειστόρησαν οἱ μετ’ ἐκεῖνον (Alexander) προελθόντες μέχρι τοῦ Γάγγου καὶ Παλιβόθρων. The word προελθόντες shows that a military expedition is meant and excludes the possibility of the reference being to Megasthenes, who anyhow could not be classified under Alexander’s successors (οἱ μετ’ ἐκεῖνον). - [Previous: c10.s2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.94) - [Next: c10.s2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.96) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Γεωγραφικά](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo) — Στράβων, Ancient Greek --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.95) · Pramāṇa