Photos from the Punjab

An olive tree near Agrigento. Photo Jona Lendering.

In May-June 2004, the guys standing to the right, Marco Prins and Jona Lendering, visited Pakistan, paying special attention to sites related to Alexander the Great, who conquered this area in 327-325 BCE. Of course there's a lot more to be seen in Pakistan (Lahore is one of the most fascinating cities in the world), but the fact that one of us was writing a book on 'Sikander-e Azam' more or less forced us to make this selection.

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Route of Hephaestion
and Perdiccas
Cophen (Kabul)
Peucelaotis (Charsadda)
Shahbazgarhi
Alexander's route
Euas (Kunar)
Massaga (Chakdara)
Soastus (Swat)
Bazira (Bir-Kot)
Shingerdar
Ora (Ude-Gram)
Shang-La
Aornus (Pir-Sar)

Eastern Punjab
Indus
Taxila
Taxila / Bhir mound
Taxila / Sirkap
Taxila / Jandial
Taxila / Sirsukh
Taxila / Jaulian
Taxila / Mohra Moradu
Grand Trunk Road
Hydaspes (Jhelum)
Acesines (Chenab)
Southern Punjab
Hydraotes (Ravi)
Multan
Alexandria (Uch)

Related
Alexander the Great
Ashoka's rock edicts
Gandara
Maurya dynasty
Porus

Jona Lendering (left) and Marco Prins (right), Chakdara (Swat).

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