[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.351 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.351 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.351 - **Language:** English ### [c5.351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.351) Hindu and Buddhist writers are entirely silent as to Alexander's appearance in India, but they show that Chandra-gupta overthrew the dynasty of the Nandas, which reigned over Magadha, and "established freedom in India by the help of bands of robbers." He established himself at Pātali-putra, the capital of the Nandas, which is identical with the Greek Palibothra, and this has been shown to be the modern Patna. That town does not now stand at the confluence of two rivers, but the rivers in the alluvial plains of Bengal frequently change their courses, and a change in the channel of the Sone has been established by direct geographical evidence. There is a difficulty about Xandrames. This is no doubt the Sanskrit Chandramas, which some consider to be only a shorter form of the name Chandra-gupta, while others point out that the Greek references indicate that Xandrames was the predecessor of Sandracottus, rather than Sandracottus himself. - [Previous: c5.350](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.350) - [Next: c5.352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.352) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.351) · Pramāṇa