SUPPLEMENT TWO XANDRAMES OF THE CLASSICAL ACCOUNTS AND HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART A NEW EQUATION PROPOSED When Alexander the Great, in the course of his invasion of India, reached the river Hyphasis (Vipāśa, modern Beās), he heard from the Indian prince Phegelas (Bhagalā) the news, which the renowned Porus (Paurava) confirmed, that on the eastern bank of the Ganges there was waiting for him Xandrames, king of the Gangaridai and the Prasii, with an army of 20,000 horses, 200,000 infantry, 2,000 chariots and 4,000 elephants. The news struck terror in the hearts of the tired Macedonians and they forced their leader to call a retreat.

ANCIENT INDIA IN A NEW LIGHT ANCIENT INDIA IN A NEW LIGHT I.The Challenge of India's Traditional Chronology II.The Momentous Evidence of Megasthenes III.A Reconstruction of Ancient Indian History: Aśoka - and Before and After K. D. SETHNA ADITYA PRAKASHAN NEW DELHI First Published: 1989 © K. D. Sethna (1904-) Rs. 500.00 ISBN: 81-85179-12-3 Published by Rakesh Goel for Aditya Prakashan, 4829/1, Prahlad Lane, 24 Ansari Road, New Delhi Printed at Sri Aurobindo A