2. Another Indian monarch who, at the time of Alexander's expedition, ruled over the district termed Gandaris, east of the river
Hydraotes. He was a cousin of the preceding, but on hostile terms with him, which led him on
the approach of Alexander to court the alliance
of the Macedonian king, and to send envoys with offers of submission to the invader, both
before and after the defeat of Porus. But on learning the favour with which his kinsman had
been treated by Alexander, he became alarmed for
his own safety, and fled on the approach of the conqueror. His dominions were subdued by
Hephaestion, and annexed to those of his kinsman. (Arrian. Anab. v 20, 21
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