The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.34

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Alexandria—1. Uchch, a town built by Alexander the Great near the confluence of the five rivers of the Punjab. 2. Hupian (see Hupian). 3. An island in the Indus, where, in a village called Kalasi, Menander, the Greek king, was born (SBE., XXXV, p. 127—the Questions of King Milinda). It was 200 yojanas from Sākala. 4. According to some authorities, Alexandria ad Caucasum of the Greeks is Beghram, 25 miles north of Kabul, which contains the extensive ruins of an ancient town; and according to others it is Bamian (Gazetteer of the Countries adjacent to India under Beghram).