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Plutarch (46-120 CE) mentions the Gangaridai and that the Battle with Porus depressed Macedonians, and made them very unwilling to advance farther into India. Ganges was 32 stadia wide covered by armed men, horses and elephants
By Odysses - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Plutarch (46-120 CE) mentions the Gangaridai and that the Battle with Porus depressed Macedonians, and made them very unwilling to advance farther into India. Ganges was 32 stadia wide covered by armed men, horses and elephants
By Odysses - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Plutarch said that the kings of the Gandaritai and the Prasiai were reported to be waiting for him (Alexander) with an army of 80,000 horse, 200,000 foot, 8,000 war-chariots, and 6,000 fighting elephants.
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Plutarch said that the kings of the Gandaritai and the Prasiai were reported to be waiting for him (Alexander) with an army of 80,000 horse, 200,000 foot, 8,000 war-chariots, and 6,000 fighting elephants.
#Archaeology
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Another writer Ptolemy (2nd century CE), in his Geography, states that Gangaridae occupied "all the region about the mouths of the Ganges". Based on the city's name, the Greek writers used the word "Gangaridai" to describe the local people.
Src Public Domain | #Archaeology
Another writer Ptolemy (2nd century CE), in his Geography, states that Gangaridae occupied "all the region about the mouths of the Ganges". Based on the city's name, the Greek writers used the word "Gangaridai" to describe the local people.
Src Public Domain | #Archaeology
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A modern map depicted in the Periplous of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE).
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea does not mention the Gangaridai, but attests the existence of a city that the Greco-Romans described as "Ganges":
*Map not Political | #Archaeology
A modern map depicted in the Periplous of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE).
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea does not mention the Gangaridai, but attests the existence of a city that the Greco-Romans described as "Ganges":
*Map not Political | #Archaeology
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Ganges as per Castorius Peutinger, Konrad (1465-1547) Miller, Konrad Miller edition of the Tabula Peutingeriana Konrad (1844-1933) from nla.gov.au | #Archaeology
Ganges as per Castorius Peutinger, Konrad (1465-1547) Miller, Konrad Miller edition of the Tabula Peutingeriana Konrad (1844-1933) from nla.gov.au | #Archaeology
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Although there are several versions of scholars. But mostly matches with current excavation site of #Chandraketugarh W. Bengal, India
A study by IIT-Kharagpur indicates tht Chandraketu was Megasthenes' Sandrocottus. More in this moment 👇
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Although there are several versions of scholars. But mostly matches with current excavation site of #Chandraketugarh W. Bengal, India
A study by IIT-Kharagpur indicates tht Chandraketu was Megasthenes' Sandrocottus. More in this moment 👇
#Archaeology
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The Wari-Bateshwar ruins of present-day Bangladesh have been identified as a part of Gangaridai. Archaeologists have considered it as the ancient trading hub of Sounagoura mentioned by Claudius Ptolemy
omarshehab - Self-photographed CC BY-SA 3.0 | #Archaeology @MdShahriarAlam
The Wari-Bateshwar ruins of present-day Bangladesh have been identified as a part of Gangaridai. Archaeologists have considered it as the ancient trading hub of Sounagoura mentioned by Claudius Ptolemy
omarshehab - Self-photographed CC BY-SA 3.0 | #Archaeology @MdShahriarAlam
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Requesting all concerned to bring back smuggled antiquity of Chandraketugarh Gangadarai. Also requested to give Chandraketugarh "The Pride of India" its due place.
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Requesting all concerned to bring back smuggled antiquity of Chandraketugarh Gangadarai. Also requested to give Chandraketugarh "The Pride of India" its due place.
@mithunda_off
@SamikBJP
@narendramodi
@PMOIndia
@ASIGoI
@MinOfCultureGoI
@M_Lekhi
@DrSukantaBJP
@himantabiswa
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As per Indika, Magasthenese Alexander did not make war upon the Gangaridai, when he had arrived at the river Ganges, he abandoned as hopeless an invasion of the Gangaridai when he learned that they possessed four thousand elephants well trained and equipped for war.
As per Indika, Magasthenese Alexander did not make war upon the Gangaridai, when he had arrived at the river Ganges, he abandoned as hopeless an invasion of the Gangaridai when he learned that they possessed four thousand elephants well trained and equipped for war.
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