Nikaia
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).
Last modified
Feb 22, 2025 12:16 AM
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History
According to Strabo, Alexander founded Nikaia in order to celebrate his victory over Porus.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59947
32.6311722944, 73.4895126966
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: BAtlas Point Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.
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- Nikaia (330 BC - AD 640)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 C3 Nikaia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: left bank of R. Jhelum PAK
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Nikaia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59947> [accessed: 16 April 2025]
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