Abisares
Indian monarch
Abisares, called Embisarus (Ἐμβίσαρος,) by Diodorus,[1] was a Kasmira king of Abhira[2] descent. On his death in 325 BC, Alexander the Great appointed Abisares' son as his successor.[3][4][5][6]
| Abhisara | |
|---|---|
| Kasmira king |
References
change- ↑ Diodorus, Bibliotheca, xvii. 90
- ↑ Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1990). The Tribes and Castes of Bombay. p. 18. ISBN 9788120606302.
The historians of Alexander (B.C. 325) speak of one Abisares as the ruler of the hills between Murri and the Márgala. It has been held by some that Abisares corresponds to Abhira, and that consequently the king Abisares, referred to by the Greek historians, denotes an Abhira chief.
- ↑ Waldemar Heckel: Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander’s empire. Blackwell, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9 (excerpt online).
- ↑ Strabo Geogr., Geographica Book 15, chapter 1, section 28, line 11
- ↑ Διοδ. ΙΖ, 87
- ↑ Curt, VIII, 43, 13. XLVII, 1. IX, 1, 7, X, 3, 20
