Acesines

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Acesines is the ancient Greek name for the Chenab River, a major river of the Punjab region in South Asia.

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Acesines canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient place name ⓘ
river ⓘ
ancientNameOf Chenab River ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Alexander the Great’s campaigns in India ⓘ
crossedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
flowsInto Indus River ⓘ
flowsThrough Jammu and Kashmir region ⓘ
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir

Punjab, India ⓘ
linked to: Punjab

Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
historicalGeographyOf Ancient India ⓘ
linked to: ancient India
historicalPeriodUsed Classical antiquity ⓘ
locatedInCountry India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInRegion Punjab ⓘ
locatedInSubcontinent Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
majorRiverOf Punjab region ⓘ
linked to: Punjab
mentionedBy Arrian ⓘ
linked to: Arrian of Nicomedia

Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
modernName Chenab River ⓘ
nameLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOfRiverSystem Indus River system ⓘ
linked to: Indus River basin
recordedInWork Anabasis of Alexander ⓘ
Geographica ⓘ
Naturalis Historia ⓘ
sourceRegion Himalayas ⓘ
tributaryType major tributary of the Indus River ⓘ

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Hyphasis → relatedTo → Acesines ⓘ