Abisares

Abisares (or Abhisara;^[1] in Greek Ἀβισάρης), called Embisarus (Ἐμβίσαρος,) by Diodorus,^[2] was a Kasmira king of Abhira^[3] descent whose territory lay in the river Hydaspes beyond the mountains. On his death in 325 BC, Alexander the Great appointed Abisares' son as his successor.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ Chisholm, Hugh (1910). "Alexander III (Alexander the Great)". Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. Vol. 1.
^ Diodorus, Bibliotheca, xvii. 90
^ Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1990). The Tribes and Castes of Bombay. ISBN 9788120606302.
^ Waldemar Heckel: Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander’s empire. Blackwell, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9 (excerpt online).
^ Strabo Geogr., Geographica Book 15, chapter 1, section 28, line 11
^ Διοδ. ΙΖ, 87
^ Curt, VIII, 43, 13. XLVII, 1. IX, 1, 7, X, 3, 20

[EB-1] Chisholm, Hugh (1910). "Alexander III (Alexander the Great)". Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. Vol. 1.

[2] Diodorus, Bibliotheca, xvii. 90

[3] Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1990). The Tribes and Castes of Bombay. ISBN 9788120606302.

[4] Waldemar Heckel: Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great. Prosopography of Alexander’s empire. Blackwell, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9 (excerpt online).

[5] Strabo Geogr., Geographica Book 15, chapter 1, section 28, line 11

[6] Διοδ. ΙΖ, 87

[7] Curt, VIII, 43, 13. XLVII, 1. IX, 1, 7, X, 3, 20

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