Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from ...

A PROSPEROUS LAND. 569revolt, instructing the other satraps in his rear to aid them.This course speedily checked a trouble which might havegrown to be alarming.Alexander remained a month in the vicinity of the Hydaspesto celebrate his victory and the funerals of the brave menwho had fallen, by sacrifices and games. He then committedthe building and fortifying of the cities he had projected toCraterus, and himself set out in a northeasterly directionagainst the Indians beyond the dominions of Porus in thefoothills of the Caucasus, who were called Glaucians. BothPorus and Taxiles accompanied him. He led one half of theCompanion cavalry, some picked phalangians, the horseandfoot archers and Agrianians. This campaign was a directthreat at Abisares, for the conquest of this land opened theroad to Cashmir, and the latter made haste to crave peace,sending another embassy and a present of forty elephants.From superabundance of work to do, Alexander was fain tooverlook the past.Throughout the territory of the Glauciansall the towns and villages capitulated. Of these no fewerthan thirty-seven had over five thousand population each, andsome over ten thousand, a factprosperous condition of the country.which shows a wonderfullyThis land he also gaveover to Porus to rule, as he had previously added a largestretch to the territory of Taxiles.In the mountain districtthrough which this campaign led,Alexander found a fine supply of wood suitable for shipbuilding,cut a great deal of timber and floated it down to Craterusas material for the fleet he intended to make, and onwhich, after conquering India, he proposed to sail down to theIndus and the sea. Many deputations from other neighboringnations came to him here.been asThese ambassadors must havemuch astonished to know Porus vanquished as to seehim now held in high honor by Alexander. He was joined