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Builder of Alexandria on the Indus
Philip
Philip ruled the northern dominions of the Indus, down to the junction of the
Indus and the
Acesines
Philip (
Greek : Φίλιππoς ; died 325 BC), son of
Machatas and brother of
Harpalus , was an officer in the service of
Alexander the Great , who in 327 BC was appointed by Alexander as
satrap of
India , including the provinces westward of the
Hydaspes (Jhelum river) , as far south as the junction of the
Indus with the
Acesines (Chenab river) .
[1] After the conquest of the
Malli (Malwa) and Oxydracae, these tribes also were added to his government.
[2]
Philip was put in charge by Alexander of building the city of
Alexandria on the Indus .
The territory south of the junction of the Indus with the
Acesines (Chenab river) to the sea was given to
Oxyartes and
Peithon, son of Agenor (Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander VI.15.4)
Death
After the departure of Alexander from India, Philip was assassinated in 325 BC by a conspiracy formed among the mercenary troops under his command.
[4] Alexander named
Eudamus and
Taxiles as rulers of his territories in replacement:
"Alexander dispatched letters to India to Eudamus and Taxilas telling them to take charge of the district formerly under Philip, until he himself sent a satrap to govern it." (Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander, VI.27.2)
Notes
References
Satraps under
Alexander the Great (334-323 BC)
Ada (Queen of
Caria )
Asander ,
Menander (
Lydia )
Calas ,
Demarchus (
Hellespontine Phrygia )
Antigonus (
Greater Phrygia )
Balakros ,
Menes (
Cilicia )
Abistamenes (
Cappadocia )
Abdalonymus (
Sidon )
Mithrenes (
Armenia )
Mazaeus ,
Stamenes (
Babylon )
Mazakes (
Mesopotamia )
Abulites (
Susiana )
Oxydates ,
Atropates (
Media )
Phrasaortes ,
Oxines ,
Peucestas (
Persis )
Cleomenes of Naucratis (
Egypt )
Satibarzanes (
Aria )
Sibyrtius (
Carmania )
Autophradates (Tapuri,
Mardi )
Andragoras (
Parthia )
Amminapes ,
Phrataphernes ,
Pharismanes (
Hyrcania and
Parthia )
Artabazos ,
Cleitus the Black ,
Amyntas (
Bactria )
Oxyartes (
Paropamisia )
Philip ,
Eudemus (
India )
Peithon, son of Agenor (
Gandhara )
Taxiles (
Punjab )
Porus (
Indus )
Satraps at the
Partition of Babylon (323 BC)
Satraps at the
Partition of Triparadisus (321 BC) Later Satraps
Peithon, son of Agenor (
Babylon )
Sibyrtius (
Arachosia ,
Drangiana )
Eudemus (
Indus )
Bagadates ,
Ardakhshir I ,
Wahbarz ,
Vadfradad I , Vadfradad II,
Alexander
c. 220 BC (
Persis )
Andragoras (
Parthia )
Demodamas (
Bactria ,
Sogdiana )
Diodotus (
Bactria )
Alexander (
Lydia )
Molon
c. 220 BC ,
Timarchus ,
c. 175 BC (
Media )
Apollodorus (
Susiana )
Ptolemaeus (
Commagene )
Noumenios ,
Hyspaosines
c. 150 BC (
Characene )
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain :
Smith, William , ed. (1870).
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .