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Note: The Hyphasis is one of the five rivers which join the
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The river was then called Hyphasis; Pliny calls it Hypasis, [218] a very fair approximation to the Vedic Vipâ_s_, which means
India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge Alexander Wilder 1861
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The Hyphasis is the Greek name for the river Biâs in the Panjâb.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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This was the same trick he had used at the Hyphasis River in India to prompt his army to march down the Ganges.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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He sided against his brother-in-law Philotas in 330, but spoke up for the troops at the mutiny on the Hyphasis River in 326.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Alexander was so excited that he led his troops down to the banks of the Hyphasis to begin the crossing to the other side.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The wide Acesines was joined a few days later by the Hyphasis flowing in from the east, then at last the fleet entered the Indus.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Before he left the Hyphasis, Alexander ordered his army to erect twelve towering altars, one for each of the Olympian gods.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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In fact it may have been a sense of his approaching demise that had given Coenus the courage to face down Alexander at the Hyphasis.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Hyphasis: The modern Beas River in northern India, where a mutiny of his men forced Alexander to turn back from his planned invasion of the Ganges valley.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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