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The '''Agalassoi''' ({{Langx|sa|अग्राश्व}}) were a tribe that lived in modern ] in the lower ] at the time of ]. During Alexander's invasion of India, the Agalassoi fought against the Macedonian army. The citizen infantry, numbering about 40,000 and 2,000 cavalry<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/The_Anabasis_of_Alexander|title=The Anabasis of Alexander|last=Greek historian|first=Arrian|publisher=1884|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|translator-last=Chinnock|translator-first=E.J.}}</ref> failed to stop the advance of Alexander's army, they then cast themselves with their wives and children into flames, the first known ] in Indian history. They have been identified as ] of today.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Agarwal jaati ka itihaas|last=Gupta|first=Parameshwari Lal|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2021}} The '''Agalassoi''' ({{Langx|sa|अग्राश्व}}) were a tribe that lived in modern ] in the lower ] at the time of ]. During Alexander's invasion of India, the Agalassoi fought against the Macedonian army. The citizen infantry, numbering about 40,000 and 2,000 cavalry<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/The_Anabasis_of_Alexander|title=The Anabasis of Alexander|last=Greek historian|first=Arrian|publisher=1884|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|translator-last=Chinnock|translator-first=E.J.}}</ref> failed to stop the advance of Alexander's army, they then cast themselves with their wives and children into flames, the first known ] in Indian history.


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The Agalassoi (Sanskrit: अग्राश्व) were a tribe that lived in modern Pakistan in the lower Indus Valley at the time of Alexander the Great. During Alexander's invasion of India, the Agalassoi fought against the Macedonian army. The citizen infantry, numbering about 40,000 and 2,000 cavalry failed to stop the advance of Alexander's army, they then cast themselves with their wives and children into flames, the first known Jauhar and Sākā in Indian history.

References

  1. Greek historian, Arrian. The Anabasis of Alexander. Translated by Chinnock, E.J. 1884.
  • Battacharya, Sachchidananda. A Dictionary of Indian History (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1977) p. 10
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