Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)
140 (of 228)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� -- [pur膩峁嘺m -- ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
[Vol. IX., No. 1
First, it is not so much with the Prasii as with the Gangari-
dai that Xandrames is associated. Except once in Diodorus,' the
order of the two is not the Prasii and the Gangaridai but the other
way round. And in Diodorus himself we soon find Xandrames
called simply "the king of the Gandaridai". And, thrice after
this, Diodorus speaks of Alexander wanting to make an "ex-
pedition against the Gandaridai"." In another context too he uses
the very same expression." The Prasii are nowhere on the scene.
And nowhere
nowhere
is Xandrames associated with Palibothra.
Sandrocottus is openly linked with the Prasii and described as
king of Palibothra. The contrast is glaring. Xandrames is
eminently the ruler of the Gangaridai and, if the Prasii are to
be linked with him, a small and peripheral part of them may be
put under his sway, leaving out the great bulk of them and
especially their central part in and about Palibothra. Plutarch'
who, unlike Diodorus and Curtius, does not mention Xandrames
b欧 name goes even so far as to mention "kings" of the Gangaridai
and the Prasii. This may suggest that Xandrames was not the
sole opponent of Alexander and, although king of only the Ganga-
ridai, was in command of the Prasii just by being the chief of
a coalition against the Macedonian. As such, he was virtually
the king of all the Indian interior that was banded to resist the
invasion. But it is highly questionable whether in any genuine
or literal sense he can be regarded as the monarch of Magadha
with his capital at Pataliputra.
Nor do we read anywhere of Sandrocottus going to war with
Xandrames. In fact, the way he became king of Palibothra and
the Prasii is never explicitly mentioned. A passage in Justin,鈸�
where from a non-king he becomes a king, is directly concerned
1. Ibid., p. 172.
2. Ibid., pp. 128, 198.
3. Ibid., p. 172.
4. Ibid., pp. 172-3.
5. Ibid., p. 234.
6. Ibid., pp. 262. Also, I. McCrindle, The Invasion af India by Alexander
the great, p. 408,
7. Ibid., p. 198.
8. Ibid., 172-3.
