The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c11.72

c11.72

¹ Puru seems to have been a family name. At the time of Alexander's invasion, a nephew of the king who is given the same name, was in revolt against him and offered to surrender his uncle into the hands of Alexander. Later, when he found the king an ally of the Greeks, he warred against both (Arrian, Book V, Ch. XXI; McCrindle, Invasion of India, 113-14).