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cnce as the termination of the government of Philip. At this Con- 

 fluence, also, invited by the situation and induced by similar mo- 

 tives, he erected another Alexandria; and, leaving with Philip the 

 Thracians and such other troops as could be best spared, for its de* 

 fence, he proceeded down the river till he arrived at the territory of 

 the Sogdi,(the Sabracae of Curtius and Sodrae of Diodorus,) who seem 

 to have submitted without any opposition. At this station, also, he 

 built a city and fort, and constructed dock-yards, in which he both 

 repaired his fleet and built additional vessels. Dr. Vincent has pro- 

 duced very forcible reasons for fixing the modern Bhakor, a circar of 

 the ancient soobah of Multan, as the scite of the Sogdi*; and 

 Mr. Rennel, in a corrected account of the Sinde navigation, has 

 placed Bhakor in 27 32' north latitude-}-; with this difference, that 

 he assigns the tract in question to the Musicani, to whose domains, 

 after a short delay,. the fleet descended. 



The reigning sovereign of this people, one of the most poAvcrful 

 and wealthy in this region of India, had neglected to send either' 

 ambassadors to solicit, or presents to purchase, peace of Alexander, 

 and had consequently incurred his extreme displeasure. The king, 

 on arriving at his frontier, lost not a moment in disembarking a 

 large portion of his army, and marched to his capital with intent to 

 surprise him. The suddenness of the attack prevented all efforts of 

 resistance on the part of Musicanus, and Alexander, on approaching 

 his capital, was met by the Indian sovereign, at the head of a vast 

 train of elephants, and accompanied with presents of immense 

 value, which, with his whole kingdom, he submissively proffered as 

 the price of pardon for the capital offence of not having previously 

 prostrated himself before the conqueror of Asia. Alexander was 

 easily prevailed upon, by his apparent frankness and generosity, to 



* Voyage of Nearchus, p. 1 25. t Kennel's Memoir, p. 292. 



