6Justinus Frontinus
101BIBLIOTHECA HISTORICA OF DIODÔROS SICULUS
7The Life of Alexander the Great
102Seventeenth Book
8ARRIAN
103Chapter LXXXIV.—Alexander at Massaga—His treachery towards the Indian mercenaries who had capitulated
9ARRIAN’S ANABASIS
104Chapter LXXXV.—Alexander captures the rock Aornos
10Fourth Book
105Chapter LXXXVI.—Alexander crosses the Indus, and is hospitably received by Taxilês
11Chapter XXII.—Alexander crosses the Indian Kaukasos to invade India and advances to the river Kôphên
106Chapter LXXXVII.—Alexander marches against Pôros—The appearance presented by the Indian army with its elephants
12Chapter XXIII.—Alexander wars against the Aspasians
107Chapter LXXXVIII.—The defeat of Pôros
13Chapter XXIV.—Operations against the Aspasians
108Chapter LXXXIX.—Losses sustained by each side in the battle of the Hydaspês—Alexander orders a fleet to be built on the Hydaspês.
14Chapter XXV.—Defeat of the Aspasians—The Assakenians and Gouraians attacked
109Chapter XC.—Some account of the serpents, apes, and trees seen by the Macedonians in India
15Chapter XXVI.—Siege of Massaga
110Chapter XCI.—Alexander pursues Pôros, nephew of the great Pôros—Subdues the Adrestai and Kathaians and enters the kingdom of Sôpeithês—Peculiar customs of the natives of these parts
16Chapter XXVII.—Massaga taken by storm—Ora and Bazira besieged
111Chapter XCII.—Courage and ferocity of the dogs in the dominions of Sôpeithês
17Chapter XXVIII.—Bazira captured—Alexander marches to the rock Aornos
112Chapter XCIII.—Submission of Phêgeus—Advance to the Hypanis—Description given by Phêgeus of the country beyond the Hypanis—Of the Praisians and their king Xandrames
18Chapter XXIX.—Siege of Aornos
113Chapter XCIV.—Miserable condition of the Macedonian army—Its refusal to advance beyond the Hypanis
19Chapter XXX.—Capture of Aornos—Advance to the Indus
114Chapter XCV.—Alexander erects altars and other memorials near the Hypanis, and returns to the Akesinês
20Fifth Book
115Chapter XCVI.—Voyage to the Southern Ocean begun—Submission of the Siboi—The Agalassians attacked and conquered
21Chapter I.—Alexander at Nysa
116Chapter XCVII.—Disaster to the fleet at the confluence of the rivers
22Chapter II.—Alexander permits the Nysaians to retain their Autonomy—Visits Mount Mêros
117Chapter XCVIII.—Combination of the Syrakousai and Malloi—Alexander, neglecting the warning of a soothsayer, attacks their stronghold, and scales the walls of its citadel
23Chapter III—How Eratosthenes views the legends concerning Heraklês and Dionysos—Alexander crosses the Indus
118Chapter XCIX.—Alexander left alone leaps down from the walls into the citadel, bravely defends himself, but is dangerously wounded—He is rescued by his friends, who capture the stronghold—The Greek colonists in Bactria revolt
24Chapter IV.—General description of the Indus and of the people of India
119Chapter C.—Alexander recovers from his wound—Combat between Koragos and Dioxippos—Dioxippos becomes victor
25Chapter V.—The rivers and mountains of Asia
120Chapter CI.—The Macedonians plot against Dioxippos, who in consequence takes away his own life—Alexander’s regret for his loss
26Chapter VI.—Position and boundaries of India and how its plains may have been formed
121Chapter CII.—The Sambastai, Sodrai, and Massanoi submit to Alexander, who founds near the banks of the river a city called Alexandreia—He conquers the kingdoms of Mousikanos, Portikanos, and Sambos—The last effects his escape
27Chapter VII.—The bridging of rivers
122Chapter CIII.—Harmatelia holds out against Alexander—In a battle with its inhabitants Ptolemy is wounded by a poisoned arrow, but is cured by an antidote revealed to Alexander in a dream
28Chapter VIII.—Alexander arrives at Taxila—Receives an embassy from Abisares and advances to the Hydaspês
123Chapter CIV.—Alexander sails down to the mouth of the Indus—Sails back to Tauala (Patala?)—Starts on his march homewards, instructing Nearchos to explore the way with his fleet to the head of the Persian Gulf—Ravages the land of the Oritians and founds another Alexandreia
29Chapter IX.—Alexander on reaching the Hydaspês finds Pôros prepared to dispute its passage
124Chapter CV.—How the Oritians bury their dead—The Ichthyophagoi described—Sufferings and losses of the army in the Gedrôsian desert—Relief sent by various satraps—Leonnatos is attacked by the Oritians
30Chapter X.—Alexander’s devices to deceive Pôros and steal the passage of the river
125Chapter CVI.—Revels of Alexander and the army after escaping from the desert—Officials who had abused their authority called to account—Nearchos visits Alexander at Salmous, and recounts the incidents of his voyage
31Chapter XI.—Arrangements made by Alexander for crossing the Hydaspês unobserved
126Chapter CVII.—Kalanos, the Indian philosopher, immolates himself—Alexander marries the daughter of Darius
32Chapter XII.—Alexander crosses the Hydaspês
127PLUTARCH
33Chapter XIII.—Incidents of the passage of the river
128PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF ALEXANDER
34Chapter XIV.—Skirmish with the son of Pôros at the landing-place
129Chapter LVIII.—Alexander at Nysa
35Chapter XV.—The arrangements made by Pôros for the conflict
130Chapter LIX.—Interchange of civilities between Alexander and Taxilês—Alexander breaks his faith with Indian mercenaries, and hangs some Indian philosophers
36Chapter XVI.—The plan of attack adopted by Alexander
131Chapter LX.—The account of the battle with Pôros, as given by Alexander himself—Alexander’s noble treatment of Pôros
37Chapter XVII.—Description of the battle of the Hydaspês—Defeat of Pôros
132Chapter LXI.—Death of Boukephalas, and Alexander’s regret at his loss
38Chapter XVIII.—Sequel of the battle and surrender of Pôros
133Chapter LXII.—The army refuses to advance to the Ganges—Alexander, preparing to retreat, erects altars which were afterwards held in veneration by the Praisian kings—The opinion of Androkottos
39Chapter XIX.—Alexander makes Pôros his firm friend and ally—Founds two cities—Death of his famous horse Boukephalas
134Chapter LXIII.—Alexander starts on a voyage down stream, reducing tribes by the way—He is dangerously wounded in the capital of the Malloi—Extraction of the arrow from his wound—His recovery
40Chapter XX.—Alexander conquers the Glausai, receives embassies from Abisarês and other chiefs, and crosses the Akesinês
135Chapter LXIV.—Alexander’s interview with the Indian gymnosophists
41Chapter XXI.—Pursuit after Pôros, nephew of the great Pôros—Conquest of the country between the Akesinês and the Hydraôtês—Passage of the latter river
136Chapter LXV.—Onesikritos confers with the Indian gymnosophists Kalanos and Dandamis—Kalanos visits Alexander and shows him a symbol of his empire
42Chapter XXII.—Alexander marches against the Kathaians—Takes Pimprama, and lays siege to Sangala
137Chapter LXVI.—Alexander visits the island Skilloustis, and sailing thence explores the sea—Sufferings of his army on the march homeward, and extent of its losses—Relief sent by the satraps
43Chapter XXIII.—Alexander drives the Kathaians into Sangala, which he invests on every side
138Chapter LXVII.—Alexander and the army indulge in wild revelry on emerging from the desert
44Chapter XXIV.—Alexander captures Sangala, razes it to the ground, and advances to the river Hyphasis
139JUSTIN
45Chapter XXV.—Alexander finding the army unwilling to advance beyond the Hyphasis, convokes his officers and addresses them on the subject
140HISTORIAE PHILIPPICAE OF JUSTINUS
46Chapter XXVI.—Continuation of Alexander’s Speech
141Twelfth Book
47Chapter XXVII—Koinos, replying to Alexander, states the grievances of the army
142Chapter VII.—Alexander visits Nysa and Mount Merus—Receives the submission of Queen Cleophis and captures the Rock (Aornos)
48Chapter XXVIII.—Alexander mortified by the refusal of his army to advance, secludes himself in his tent, but in the end resolves to return
143Chapter VIII.—Alexander conquers Porus—Builds Nicaea and Boucephala, and reduces the Adrestae, Gesteani, Praesidae, and Gangaridae—Advances to the Cuphites (Beäs), beyond which the army refuses to follow him—He agrees to return, and leaves memorials of his progress
49Chapter XXIX.—Alexander erects altars on the banks of the Hyphasis to mark the limits of his advance, recrosses the Hydraôtês and Akesinês and regains the Hydaspês
144Chapter IX.—Alexander sailing down the Panjâb rivers to the ocean, reduces the Hiacensanae, Silei, Ambri, and Sigambri—He is dangerously wounded in attacking one of their strongholds
50Sixth Book
145Chapter X.—Alexander reaches the city of King Ambigerus (Sambos?)—Ptolemy is there wounded by a poisoned arrow—An antidote to the poison is revealed to Alexander in a dream—He sails down to the mouth of the Indus—Founds Barce—Leaves India and returns to Babylon
51Chapter I.—Alexander mistakes the Indus for the upper Nile—Prepares to sail down stream to the sea
146Fifteenth Book: Chapter IV.—Seleucus Nicator subjugates the Bactrians and enters India—The history of Sandrocottus who was then King of India—Seleucus makes a treaty of peace with him and returns to the West
52Chapter II.—Description of the voyage down the Hydaspês
147APPENDICES
53Chapter III.—Description of the voyage down the Hydaspês continued
148NOTES A-Ll
54Chapter IV.—Alexander accelerates his voyage to frustrate the plans of the Malloi and Oxydrakai, and reaches the turbulent confluence of the Hydaspês and Akesinês
149Note A.—Alexandreia under Kaukasos
55Chapter V.—Dangers encountered by the fleet at the confluence—Plan of the operations which followed—Voyage down the Akesinês
150Note B.—Nikaia
56Chapter VI.—Alexander invades the territories of the Malloi
151Note C.—Aspasioi Assakênoi
57Chapter VII.—Siege and capture of several Mallian strongholds
152Note D.—Mazaga
58Chapter VIII.—Alexander defeats the Malloi at the Hydraôtês
153Note E.—Bazira
59Chapter IX.—Alexander assails the chief stronghold of the Malloi, scales the wall of the citadel, into which he leaps down though alone
154Note F.—Aornos
60Chapter X.—Alexander is dangerously wounded within the citadel
155Note G.—Nysa
61Chapter XI.—Dangerous nature of Alexander’s wound—Arrian refutes some current fictions relating to this accident
156Note H.—Gold-digging Ants
62Chapter XII.—Distress and anxiety of the army at the prospect of Alexander’s death
157Note I.—Taxila
63Chapter XIII.—Joy of the army on seeing Alexander after his recovery—His officers rebuke him for his rashness
158Note J.—Site of Alexander’s Camp on the Hydaspês
64Chapter XIV.—Submission of the Malloi, Oxydrakai, and others—Voyage down the Hydraôtês and Akesinês to the Indus
159Note K.—Battle with Pôros
65Chapter XV.—Appointment of Satraps—Voyage down the Indus to the dominions of Mousikanos, who tenders his submission
160Note L.—The Kathaians
66Chapter XVI.—Campaign against Oxykanos and Sambos
161Note M.—Sangala
67Chapter XVII.—Mousikanos is captured by Peithôn and executed—Alexander reaches Patala at the apex of the Indus Delta
162Note N.—Alexander’s Altars on the Hyphasis
68Chapter XVIII.—Alexander orders wells to be dug in the district round Patala, and sails down the western arm of the Indus
163Note O.—Voyage down the Hydaspês and Akesinês to the Indus
69Chapter XIX.—The fleet is damaged by the tide, halts at an island in the Indus, and thence reaches the open sea
164Note P.—The Malloi and Oxydrakai
70Chapter XX.—Alexander after returning to Patala sails down the eastern arm of the Indus
165Note Q.—The Capital of the Malloi
71Chapter XXI.—Alexander crosses the river Arabios and invades the Oreitai
166Note R.—Alexander in Sindh
72Chapter XXII.—Submission of the Oreitai—Description of the Gadrôsian desert
167Note S.—Sindimana
73Chapter XXIII.—Alexander marching through Gadrôsia endeavours to collect supplies for the fleet
168Note T.—City of the Brachmans—Harmatelia
74Chapter XXIV.—Difficulties encountered on the march through Gadrôsia
169Note U.—Patala
75Chapter XXV.—Sufferings of the army in the Gadrôsian desert
170Note V.—Alexander’s March through Gedrôsia-Pura
76Chapter XXVI.—Incidents of the march through Gadrôsia
171Note W.—Indian Sages
77Chapter XXVII.—Appointment of satraps—Alexander learns that the satrap Philippos had been murdered in India—Punishes satraps who had misgoverned
172Note X.—The Indian Month
78Chapter XXVIII.—Alexander holds rejoicings in Karmania on account of his Indian victories—List of his body-guards—Nearchos reports to him the safety of the fleet
173Note Y.—Battle with Pôros
79Q. CURTIUS RUFUS
174Note Z.—Indian Serpents
80HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, BY Q. CURTIUS RUFUS
175Note Aa.—Indian Peacocks
81Eighth Book
176Note Bb.—Indian Dogs
82Chapter IX.—Description of India
177Note Cc.—The Gangaridai
83Chapter X.—Campaign in the regions west of the Indus—Alexander captures Nysa, and visits Mount Merus—Siege of Mazaga, and its surrender
178Note Dd.—The Prasioi
84Chapter XI.—Siege and capture of the Rock Aornis
179Note Ee.—The Sibi
85Chapter XII.—Alexander marches to the Indus, crosses it, and is hospitably received by Omphis, King of Taxila
180Note Ff.—The Agalassians
86Chapter XIII.—Alexander and Porus confront each other on opposite banks of the Hydaspes
181Note Gg.—Tides in Indian Rivers
87Chapter XIV.—Battle with Porus on the left bank of the Hydaspes—Porus being defeated surrenders
182Note Hh.—Indian Philosophers
88Ninth Book
183Note Ii.—Suttee (Diod. Note 12).
89Chapter I.—Alexander’s speech to his soldiers after the victory—Abisares sends him an embassy
184Note Kk.—Ancient Indian Coins
90Chapter I. Continued.—Alexander advancing farther into the interior of India, passes through forests and deserts—Crosses the Hydraotes—Besieges and captures Sangala, and enters the kingdom of Sopithes, who receives him with great hospitality and shows him a dog and lion fight
185Note Ll.—An Aśôka Inscription
91Chapter II.—Alexander obtains information about the Ganges and the strength of the army kept by Agrammes, king of the Prasians—His speech to the soldiers to induce them to advance to the Ganges
186BIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX (pt. 1)
92Chapter III.—Speech of Coenus on behalf of the army—Alexander’s displeasure at the refusal of the soldiers to advance—He resolves to return—Raises altars as memorials of his presence—Reaches the Acesines, where Coenus dies—Reconciles Taxiles and Porus, and then sails down stream
187BIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX (pt. 2)
93Chapter IV.—Alexander subdues various tribes on his way to the Indus—Disasters to his fleet at the meeting of the rivers—His campaign against the Sudracae and Malli—Assails their chief stronghold and is left standing alone on the wall
188INDICES
94Chapter V.—Alexander is severely wounded by an arrow within the stronghold of the Sudracae—The arrow is extracted by Critobulus
189I. GENERAL INDEX
95Chapter VI.—Alexander recovers and shows himself to the army—His officers remonstrate with him for his recklessness in exposing his life to danger—His reply to their appeal
190II. INDEX OF AUTHORITIES QUOTED OR REFERRED TO
