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 CHRONOLOGICAL APPENDIXES 397 DATE B. C. 324 Early in Jan.. January. . . February. . End of April or beginning of May 323 June Arrival of Alexander at Poura (Bampur), the Gedrosian capital, sixty days distant from Ora. Halt of army at Poura. March through Karmania, about 300 miles. Arrival at Susa in Persia, after about 500 miles of marching from western frontier of Karmania. Death of Alexander at Babylon. NOTE The time spent by Alexander in India proper, from his passage of the Indus in March, 326, until his departure for Gedrosia in September, 325, was about nineteen months. The voyage down the river occupied about ten months out of this period, and the march from India to Susa was effected in about seven months. The march from the Bactrian frontier, that is to say, from the Hindu Rush to the Indus, and the subjugation of the mountain tribes on the northwestern frontier of India were completed in ten months. I. May, 327, to February, 326, inclusive : march from Hindu Kush to Indus, ten months. II. March, 326, to September, 325, inclusive : in India proper, nearly nineteen months. III. October, 325, to April, 324, inclusive : march to Susa, seven months. TOTAL DURATION OF EXPEDITION, THREE YEARS.