Diodorus Siculus adds to the feelings of the soldiers:Īlexander observed that his soldiers were exhausted with their constant campaigns.
The men reached a consensus they did not want to follow Alexander further into Indian territory. But the Macedonians had by now grown quite weary of their king's plans, seeing him charging from labor to labor, danger to danger. These reports stirred Alexander's desire to go farther. These Indians also had many more elephants than any other of their countrymen, and what is more, elephants of surpassing size and courage. The country beyond the Hyphasis was said to be prosperous and its inhabitants able farmers and brave fighters.
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