Taxiles
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Taxiles or Taxilas (; ) was the Greek chroniclers' name for the ruler who reigned over the tract between the Indus and the Jhelum (Hydaspes) Rivers in the Punjab region at the time of Alexander the Great's expedition. His real name may have been Ambhi (Greek: Omphis), and the Greeks appear to have called him Taxiles or Taxilas, after the name of his capital city of Taxila, near the modern city of Attock, Pakistan.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Taxiles
- Royalty.image
- Taxiles offering presents to Alexander.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Ambhi offering presents to Alexander the Great
- Royalty.succession
- King of Taxila
- Royalty.reign
- c. 326–316 BCE
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Taxiles or Taxilas (; ) was the Greek chroniclers' name for the ruler who reigned over the tract between the Indus and the Jhelum (Hydaspes) Rivers in the Punjab region at the time of Alexander the Great's expedition. His real name may have been Ambhi (Greek: Omphis), and the Greeks appear to have called him Taxiles or Taxilas, after the name of his capital city of Taxila, near the modern city of Attock, Pakistan.
==Life==
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