Abisares

Abhisara
Kasmira king

Abisares (or Abhisara; in Greek Ἀβισάρης), called Embisarus (Ἐμβίσαρος,) by Diodorus,[1] was a Kasmira king 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.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Diodorus, Bibliotheca, xvii. 90
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ Strabo Geogr., Geographica Book 15, chapter 1, section 28, line 11
  4. ^ Διοδ. ΙΖ, 87
  5. ^ Curt, VIII, 43, 13. XLVII, 1. IX, 1, 7, X, 3, 20