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Abisares (or Abhisara; in Greek Ἀβισάρης), called Embisarus (Ἐμβίσαρος,) by Diodorus,[1] was a Kasmira king whose territory lay in the river Hydaspes beyond the mountains. On his death in 325 BC, Alexander the Great appointed Abisares' son as his successor.[2][3][4][5]

Alexander the Great

Abisares sent embassies of submission to Alexander the Great and Alexander allowed him to retain his kingdom with considerable additions.[6][7]

Onesicritus said that Abisares had two huge snakes and Alexander had a great desire to see them.[8]

Kingdom

Aurel Stein equates the Hazara region, frequently identified as the ancient Urasa with Abhisara.[9][10] However, Stein identifies the kingdom of Abhisara with the tract of the lower and middle hills between the Vitasta (Jhelum) and Chadrabhaga (Chenab) including the state of Rajapuri (Rajauri) in Kasmira.[11][12][13] Old kingdom of Abhisara was basically situated in the Poonch, Rajauri and Nowshera districts of Jammu and Kashmir.[14][15][16]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Diodorus, Bibliotheca, xvii. 90
  2. ↑ Waldemar Heckel: Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander’s empire. Blackwell, Oxford 2006, Template:ISBN (excerpt online).
  3. ↑ Strabo Geogr., Geographica Book 15, chapter 1, section 28, line 11
  4. ↑ Διοδ. ΙΖ, 87
  5. ↑ Curt, VIII, 43, 13. XLVII, 1. IX, 1, 7, X, 3, 20
  6. ↑ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Abisares
  7. ↑ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Porus
  8. ↑ Aelian, Characteristics of Animals, 16.39
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  10. ↑ (Mahabharata, Sabha-Parva, Ch.27; JASD.(1852)p. 234)
  11. ↑ Encyclopaedia of ancient Indian geography By Subodh Kapoor-page-3
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  13. ↑ Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, v. 8, 20, 29; Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, viii. 12-14, ix. 1, x. 1
  14. ↑ Political History of Ancient India: From the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty, 1953, p 248, Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, University of Calcutta
  15. ↑ The Mahābhārata, Its Genesis and Growth: A Statistical Study, 1986, p 115, M. R. Yardi, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute - Mahābhārata; Military History of India, 1980, p 38, Hemendra Chandra Kar - History
  16. ↑ Journal of Indian History, 1969, p 123, University of Kerala Dept. of History, University of Allahabad Dept. of Modern Indian History, University of Travancore, University of Kerala - India.

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