Arigenva
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Arigenva (अरिगेंव) or Arigaeum was an ancient city located west of the Indus River in valley of Bajaur Pakistan at the time of invasion of Alexander the great in 327 BC. It was capital of Aspasians.
Origin
Variants
- Arigaeum (Anabasis by Arrian, p. 251.)
- Arigenva (अरिगेंव) (AS, p.38)
- Arigaeum (Arigaion) (Arrian:The Anabasis of Alexander/4b, Ch.24) Capital of Aspasians 327 BC
History
Arrian[1] writes....Then crossing the mountains he (Alexander the great) descended to a city called Arigaeum, and found that this had been set on fire by the inhabitants, who had afterwards fled. There Craterus with his army reached him, after accomplishing all the king's orders; and because this city seemed to be built in a convenient place, he directed that general to fortify it well, and settle in it as many of the neighbouring people as were willing to live there, together with any of the soldiers who were unfit for service.
Nawagai is a town in the Bajaur Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It lies on the border with Afghanistan.
अरिगेंव
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ... अरिगेंव (AS, p.38) अलक्षेंद्र के भारत-आक्रमण के समय (327 ई. पू.) सिंधु नदी के पश्चिम की ओर बजोर की घाटी में बसा हुआ एक नगर है। यवनराज के आक्रमण की सूचना मिलने पर नगरवासी नगर को जलाकर छोड़ गए थे। अरिगेंव की स्थिति संभवत: बजोर के वर्तमान मुख्य नगर नवगई के निकट थी। (देखें स्मिथ- अर्ली हिस्ट्री ऑफ इंडिया, चतुर्थ संस्करण, पृ. 55)