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115 Fragm. L.O. Plin. Eist Nat. VI. m. 4-6. Of the Ancient History of the India/ns. For the Indians stand almost alone among the nations in never having migrated from their own ■ country. From the days of Father Bacchus to Alexander the Great their kings are reckoned at 164, whose reigns extend over 6451 years and 3 months. Solin. 52. 5. Father Bacchus was the first who invaded India, and was the first of all who triumphed over the vanquished Indians. From him to Alexander the Great 6461 years are reckoned with 3 months additional, the calculation being made by counting the kings who reigned in the intermediate period, to the number of 163. . Fragm. XLV. Arr. VII. ii. 3.9.§ Of Kalanos and Mandanis, This shows that Alexander, notwithstanding the terrible ascendancy which the passion for glory had acquired over him, was not altogether without a perception of the things that are better ; for when he arrived at Taxila and saw the Indian § TluB fragment is an extract from Arrian's Expedition of AlemandeTf and not his Indika as statM (by an over- sight) at p. 107. The translation is accordingly now in- sarted. Digitized by Google