Nicaea, Punjab

Nicaea was a city in what is now the present-day Punjab, one of the two cities founded by Alexander the Great on opposite sides of the Hydaspes river. The second city founded by Alexander on the Hydaspes was Bucephala.[1][2]

Following the Battle of the Hydaspes, Alexander founded two cities. One of the sites of the battle he named Alexandria Niceae meaning Victory. The site of that city is still undetermined.[3] Any attempt to find the ancient battle site is doomed, because the landscape has changed considerably.[3]

A number of candidates have been put forward for the location:

References

  1. Alexander the Great: a reader Author Ian Worthington Editor Ian Worthington Edition illustrated, reprint Publisher Routledge, 2003 ISBN 0-415-29186-0, ISBN 978-0-415-29186-6 Length 332 pages p. 175
  2. Alexander the Great: his towns
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 P.H.L. Eggermont, Alexander's campaign in Southern Punjab (1993).
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