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

by John Watson McCrindle

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	PAGE
List of Illustrations	[ix]
Preface to Second Edition	[xi]
Preface to First Edition	[xxxv]
Introduction, containing a Life of Alexander	[3]
Arrian	[57]
Q. Curtius Rufus	[183]
Diodôros	[269]
Plutarch	[305]
Justin	[321]
Appendices—
Notes A-Ll	[331]
Biographical Appendix	[375]
General Index	[417]
Index of Authorities quoted or referred to	[430]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Alexander the Great Mourning for Boukephalos			[Frontispiece]
By the Autotype Company from a French MS. in the British Museum of the Life of Alexander the Great, written in the fifteenth century.
FIG.				PAGE
1.	Lysimachos	Gold coin of Lysimachos (B.C. 306-281), struck at Lysimachia, in the British Museum		[16]
2.	Aristotle	From an intaglio gem, engraved on sard, in the British Museum		[16]
3.	Seal of Darius	From a cylinder of chalcedony, inscribed “I am Darius the great king,” in Persian, Median, and Babylonian, in the Brit. Museum		[29]
4.	Alexander the Great	On a silver coin struck in Thrace by Lysimachos, in the Brit. Museum		[48]
5.	Diodotos	On a gold stater struck in Baktria, in the British Museum		[52]
6.	Antiochos the Great	On a gold coin (B.C. 222-187), in the British Museum		[52]
7.	Euthydêmos	On a silver Baktrian coin, in the British Museum		[53]
8.	The Tyrian Heraklês	On a silver coin struck at Tyre (B.C. 125), in the British Museum		[71]
9.	Eumenês	Silver coin of Eumenês I. (B.C. 263-241), struck at Pergamos, in the British Museum		[120]
10.	Ptolemy Sôtêr	On a silver coin (B.C. 306-284), in the British Museum		[151]
11.	Indian Bowman	From a coin of Chandragupta II. (A.D. 395-415), in the Brit. Mus.		[210]
12.	Sôphytês	From a silver coin, in the Brit. Mus.		[280]
13.	Greek Warship	From a silver coin of Sidon, in the British Museum		[316]
14.	Seleucus Nicator	Obverse of a silver coin struck in Pergamos, in the British Museum		[327]
15.	Eukratidês	On a silver Baktrian coin, in the British Museum		[344]
16.	Antimachos	On a silver Baktrian coin, in the British Museum		[370]
17.	Agathoklês	Silver coin of Agathoklês, in the British Museum		[371]
18.	Helioklês	On a silver Baktrian coin, in the British Museum		[371]
19.	Apollodotos	On a silver Baktrian coin, in the British Museum		[372]
20.	Aśôka Inscription	Reduced from an impression of the Kalsi Edict by Dr. James Burgess, C.I.E.		[373]
21.	Antigonos Gonatas	Silver coin of Antigonos Gonatas (B.C. 277-239), in the Brit. Mus.		[376]
22.	Antigonos Dôsôn	Silver coin of Antigonos Dôsôn (B.C. 229-220), in the British Museum		[377]
23.	Antiochos II.	On a silver coin (B.C. 261-246), in the British Museum		[377]
24.	Demetrios Poliorkêtês	Silver coin of Demetrios Poliorkêtês (B.C. 294-288), in the Brit. Mus.		[383]
25.	Ptolemy III.	On a gold coin (B.C. 247-222), in the British Museum		[403]
MAPS
Map of Alexander’s Route in the Panjâb			Facing	[57]
Map of the Route taken by Alexander in his Asiatic Expedition				[432]

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION