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
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Arrian
Q. Curtius Rufus
Plutarch
Diodoros the Sicilian
Justinus Frontinus
The Life of Alexander the Great
ARRIAN
ARRIAN’S ANABASIS
Q. CURTIUS RUFUS
HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, BY Q. CURTIUS RUFUS
DIODÔROS SICULUS
BIBLIOTHECA HISTORICA OF DIODÔROS SICULUS
PLUTARCH
PLUTARCH’S LIFE OF ALEXANDER
JUSTIN
HISTORIAE PHILIPPICAE OF JUSTINUS
APPENDICES
BIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX
FOOTNOTES
INDICES
I. GENERAL INDEX
II. INDEX OF AUTHORITIES QUOTED OR REFERRED TO