Indus Civilization
There are 198 items in Indus Civilization:
Acesines (Chenab)
Acesines: one of the main rivers in the Punjab, modern Chenab. The Chenab between Guhrat and Sialkot (1) The river that the…Alexander and Prometheus
Alexander and Prometheus: an episode from the reign of Alexander the Great, who saw what he believed to be the cave of Prometheus in the Hindu Kush Mountains. …Alexander the Great: Chronology
Chronology of Alexander's reign 336 Spring Parmenion leads vanguard into Asia Summer Murder of Artaxerxes IV; accession of Darius III October Murder of Philip (text); accession of Alexander Nov-Dec. Alexander gains support of the Greek towns 335 Summer Alexander campaigns in the Balkans Memnon's counterattack in Asia 12? Sept. Fall of Thebes (text) Nov-Dec. Festivals at Dion…Alexandria in the Caucasus (Begram)
Alexandria in the Caucasus: town founded by Alexander the Great, near Begram, north of Kabul in Afghanistan. Alexander on horseback In the…Alexandria on the Acesines
Alexandria: city in the southern Punjab, modern Uch. The river Chenab, directly south of Uch In 325, Alexander the Great founded one…Aornus (326 BCE)
Aornus (Old Indian Āvárana, "hiding place"): giant fortress near the Indus, captured by Alexander the Great. The Indus and the Aornus, seen…
The Indus and the Aornus, seen from the north |
The Indus and the Aornus from the southeast |
Arrian on the Indian sages
In India, Alexander the Great (or his representative Onesicritus) had an interview with the Brahman sages, who lived near Taxila. One of these people, a man named Calanus (Indian Kalyana), followed the conqueror to the west, where he died. The…Arrian on the myth of Nysa
In 327/326, Alexander invaded the Indus valley, where he discovered in Gandara a town called Nysa that was dedicated to the god Dionysus. (Probably, this was the Indian god Shiva. The mountain Meru mentioned below was the center of the…Ashoka's Rock Edicts
After the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (269-232), or Piyadasi, had conquered almost the entire Indian subcontinent, he was sick of all violence (below), converted to Buddhism and adopted a more pacifist world view. On several places in India and Pakistan (and…
Athena from Gandara |