The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great

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Author

McCrindle, John Watson, 1825-1913

Title

The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin: Being Translations of such portions of the Works of these and other Classical Authors as describe Alexander's Campaigns in Afghanistan, the Panjâb, Sindh, Gedrosia and Karmania

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Archibald Constable and Company,1896.

Credits

Clarity and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DF: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Greece

Subject

India -- History -- To 324 B.C. -- Sources

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66388

Release Date

September 27, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ANCIENT INDIA ITS INVASION BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
6. 6.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
7. 7.INTRODUCTION
8. 8.INTRODUCTION — Arrian — Q. Curtius Rufus — Plutarch — Diodoros the Sicilian — Justinus Frontinus — The Life of Alexander the Great
9. 9.ARRIAN
10. 10.ARRIAN’S ANABASIS — Fourth Book — Fifth Book — Sixth Book
11. 11.Q. CURTIUS RUFUS
12. 12.HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, BY Q. CURTIUS RUFUS — Eighth Book — Ninth Book
13. 13.DIODÔROS SICULUS
14. 14.BIBLIOTHECA HISTORICA OF DIODÔROS SICULUS — Seventeenth Book
15. 15.PLUTARCH
16. 16.PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF ALEXANDER
17. 17.JUSTIN
18. 18.HISTORIAE PHILIPPICAE OF JUSTINUS — Twelfth Book — Fifteenth Book
19. 19.APPENDICES
20. 20.NOTES A-L l — Note A.—Alexandreia under Kaukasos — Note B.—Nikaia — Note C.—Aspasioi Assakênoi — Note D.—Mazaga — Note E.—Bazira — Note F.—Aornos — Note G.—Nysa — Note H.—Gold-digging Ants — Note I.—Taxila — Note J.—Site of Alexander’s Camp on the Hydaspês — Note K.—Battle with Pôros — Note L.—The Kathaians — Note M.—Sangala — Note N.—Alexander’s Altars on the Hyphasis — Note O.—Voyage down the Hydaspês and Akesinês to the Indus — Note P.—The Malloi and Oxydrakai — Note Q.—The Capital of the Malloi — Note R.—Alexander in Sindh — Note S.—Sindimana — Note T.—City of the Brachmans—Harmatelia — Note U.—Patala — Note V.—Alexander’s March through Gedrôsia-Pura — Note W.—Indian Sages — Note X.—The Indian Month — Note Y.—Battle with Pôros — Note Z.—Indian Serpents — Note A a .—Indian Peacocks — Note B b .—Indian Dogs — Note C c .—The Gangaridai — Note D d .—The Prasioi — Note E e .—The Sibi — Note F f .—The Agalassians — Note G g .—Tides in Indian Rivers — Note H h .—Indian Philosophers — Note I i .—Suttee (Diod. Note 12). — Note K k .—Ancient Indian Coins — Note L l .—An Aśôka Inscription
21. 21.BIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX
22. 22.FOOTNOTES
23. 23.INDICES
24. 24.I. GENERAL INDEX
25. 25.II. INDEX OF AUTHORITIES QUOTED OR REFERRED TO

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