Note 267 — Chapter I · Continued.—Alexander advancing farther into the interior of India, passes through forests and deserts—Crosses the Hydraotes—Besieges and captures Sangala, and enters the kingdom of Sopithes, who receives him with great hospitality and shows him a dog and lion fight
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According to Strabo the inspection was made when the child was two months old. He notices that the practice of widow-burning was known here.