Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.567

c6.567

Mousikanos.—The territory of Mousikanos was well known to Alexander’s historians. Alexander took them by surprise and they had to submit to him (*C.H.I.*, I, 377). According to Strabo (H. & F.’s Transl., III, p. 96), they used to eat in public and their food consisted of what was taken in the chase. They made no use of gold or silver. They employed youths in the flower of their age instead of slaves. They studied the science of medicine with due attention. They never liked to go to law-courts by creating constant disputes.