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 129 we shall have returned to him, he will demand from as an account of this life. Standing by him I shall see my injury, and shall contemplate his judgment on those who injured me : for the sighs and groans of the injured become the punishments of the oppressors. desire riches or fear death, both of which I de- spise. For Brachmans neither love gold nor dread death. Go, therefore, and tell Alexander this : — ' Dandamis seeks nothing of yours, but if you think you need Something of his, disdain not to go to him.'" When Alexander heard these words through the interpreter, he wished the more to see such a man, since he, who had subdued many nations, was overcome by an old naked man, &o. Fragm. LVI. Plin. Hist. Nat, VI. 21. 8—23. 11. List of the Indian Races, ^ The other journeys made thence {from the Hyphasis) for Seleukos Nikator are as follows : — 168 miles to the Hesidrus, and to the river Jomanes as many (some copies add 5 miles) ; from thence to the Ganges 112 miles. 119 miles to Rhodopha (others give 325 miles for this dis- tance). To the town Kalinipaxal 67 — 500. Others give 265 miles. Thence to the confluence of the Jomanes and Ganges 625 miles (many add 13 § This list Pliny has borrowed for the most part from Megasthenes. Cf. Schwanbeck, pp. 16 seq.y 57 seq. Digitized by Google
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