Boukephala
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Sep 20, 2024 04:31 PM
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History
Boukephala or Bucephala was an ancient city founded on the right bank of the Hydaspes river by Alexander the Great following the battle with Porus. Alexander named the city after his warhorse, Bucephalus. Its precise location remains debated.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59750
32.520613, 73.393843
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20000 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Ἀλεξάνδρεια Βουκέφαλα (Alexandreia Boukephala: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Alexandria Bvcefalos (Alexandria Bucefalos: Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Boos Kephalai (30 BC - AD 640)
- Βουκεφάλα (Boukephala: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Bucephala (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
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settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 C3 Boukephala
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jalilpur? PAK
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Boukephala: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59750> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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