Acesines (Chenab)
This photo shows the Chenab between Gujrat and Sialkot, a little south of the place where the previous picture was taken.
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The Chenab, the ancient river Acesines or Chandrabhâgâ, between Gujrat and Sialkot. In the early summer of 326, the army of Alexander the Great crossed the river at more or less this site. The historian Arrian of Nicomedia mentions that crossing was difficult because the waters were swift and violent. |
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The monsoon had started early that year, and besides, the snows of
the Himalaya were melting.
This photo shows the Chenab between Gujrat and Sialkot, a little south of the place where the previous picture was taken. |
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The Chenab, after it has expanded its size with the waters of the rivers Jhelum (the ancient Hydaspes), Ravi (Hydraotes), and Sutlej (Hyphasis), near modern Uch, ancient Alexandria. This place is called "Head of the Punjab", and is very close to the site where the Acesines and Indus come together. | |
| Ancient authors like Pliny the Elder (Natural history 16.61) consider the Indian cane (bamboo) on the boards of the Acesines as something special. | ||
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