The legends of Alexander the great

The LEGENDS of Alexander the Great in INDIA.

The image of Alexander as a deified and invincible king of the World is a focal point in our story. Before he descended into the Indus valley from the Hindu Kush Mountains, he had declared himself as the son of the Greek god Zeus and was also crowned at the Arbela temple in Persia as the king of the World.

There appears to be truth in the belief that the Indians also considered Alexander to be a celestial being. Historian Curtius says that the Brahman leaders of Multan, in Punjab in the Indus valley who came to plead for peace in 326 BC, were apparently impressed and believed Alexander to be immortal. According to Curtius, they told Alexander: “Since, Alexander was also, as they know, of the race of the gods, they were willing, if he so pleased, to receive whatever satrap Alexander might appoint.”

The reason for their submission was that he had come back alive after being declared dead a few weeks earlier while fighting for the city of Multan. The History of Wars of Alexander by Curtius gives again an apparent reason why this rumor of Alexander’s divine powers spread around the Indus. Earlier, Alexander had ravaged the Brahman city of Sakala, the capital of the Cathaeans, which, according to the narrative of Arrian, was between the Ravi and the Beas rivers, in the district of Amritsar (Modern India.)

Historian Curtius says: “Those who swam across the river, when they saw the city was sacked, carried great consternation to the neighbouring towns, where they reported that an invincible army, one of gods assuredly, had arrived in the country.”

Ancient texts say that the army led by Alexander was gleaming with metallic luster, which was quite unusual in the ancient world, and it looked as if a divine force had descended on the land. Curtius records the reasons for this: “Those who knew said that the equipment of the soldiers gleamed with gold and ivory; consequently, Alexander, not to be outdone in anything, since he surpassed all other men, added silver plates to the shields and put golden bits on his horses, and adorned the cuirasses also, some with gold, others with silver. There were 120,000 armed men who followed the king to that war.”

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