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Done for my project about Alexander the Great. While Alexander was still in the Central Asian province of Sogdiana, he received an embassy from an Indian king of the Punjab. The Greeks called him Taxiles, from the name of his capital city, Taxila, but his real name was Ambhi. This Indian king had heard about Alexander, and he wanted to make an offer to him. Ambhi, or Taxiles, was in hostile terms with another king of the Punjab, known today by the Greek name of Porus, although his real name…

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