Abisares

Abisares (or Abhisara; in Greek Ἀβισάρης), called Embisarus (Ἐμβίσαρος,) by Diodorus, 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.

Alexander the Great

Abisares sent embassies of submission to Alexander the Great and Alexander allowed him to retain his kingdom with considerable additions.

Onesicritus said that Abisares had two huge snakes and Alexander had a great desire to see them.

Kingdom

Aurel Stein equates the Hazara region, frequently identified as the ancient Urasa with Abhisara. However, Stein identifies the kingdom of Abhisara with the tract of the lower and middle hills between the Vitasta (Jhelum) and Chadrabhaga (Chenab) including the state of Rajapuri (Rajauri) in Kasmira. Old kingdom of Abhisara was basically situated in the Poonch, Rajauri and Nowshera districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

See also

• Taxiles
• Abhira
• Porus
• Cleophis

Other sources

• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, , Boston, (1867)
• 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 ()

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Abisares". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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