Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.504

c6.504

*Maśakāvatī*.—It was the capital town of the Assakenoi according to the Greek writers. It was the kingdom of a ruler called Assakenos. It was stormed by the troops of Alexander. When the town capitulated, a large number of mercenary troops agreed to join the army of Alexander. The mercenaries who were unwilling to help him, secretly planned to escape. At this the Macedonians spared none of them (*Cambridge History of India*, Vol. I, p. 353; Law, *Indological Studies*, I, pp. 2-3).