- Abisares
Abisares (or Abhisaracite encyclopedia
last = Chisholm
first = Hugh
authorlink = Hugh Chisholm
title = Alexander III (Alexander the Great)
encyclopedia =Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
volume = 1
pages =
publisher =
location =
date = 1910
url =
accessdate =] ; in Greek Αβισαρης), called Embisarus (Eμβισαρoς) by Diodorus, [Diodorus, "Bibliotheca", [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Diod.+17.90.1 xvii. 90] ] was an Indian king beyond the riverHydaspes , whose territory lay in the mountains, sent embassies toAlexander the Great both before and after the conquest ofPorus in326 BC , although inclined to espouse the side of the latter. Alexander not only allowed him to retain his kingdom, but increased it, and on his death appointed his son as his successor. [Arrian , "Anabasis Alexandri ", [http://websfor.org/alexander/arrian/book5a.asp v. 8] , [http://websfor.org/alexander/arrian/book5b.asp 20, 29] ; Curtius Rufus, "Historiae Alexandri Magni", [http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/quintecurce/huit.htm viii. 12-14] , [http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/quintecurce/neuf.htm ix. 1] , [http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/quintecurce/dix.htm x. 1] ]References
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*Smith, William (editor); "
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ", [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0011.html "Abisares"] ,Boston , (1867)
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