Episode Synopsis "Episode 4B - Down the Indus River"
In this second part covering Alexander and Nearchus' travels into India, we follow Alexander's army and fleet as it sails down the Indus' tributaries to finally reach the great river itself, sweeping aside all opposition in its path. In addition, we introduce Alexander's idiosyncratic pilot, Onesicritus.
Listen "Episode 4B - Down the Indus River"
More episodes of the podcast The History of Exploration
- Episode 9 - Polybius on the Trail of the Ancients
- Episode 8 - Eratosthenes and the Invention of Geography
- Episode 7 - Eudoxus of Cyzicus Doesn't Always Drink Beer, But When He Does...
- Episode 6 - Early Hellenistic Exploration with the Pseudo-Skylax
- Episode 5 - Tylos and the Arabian Coast
- Episode 4D - The Coast of Gedrosia
- Episode 4C - Into the Indian Ocean
- Episode 4B - Down the Indus River
- Episode 4A - Nearchus and Alexander in India
- Episode 3B - North, to Ultima Thule
- Episode 3A - Pytheas the Massaliot's Journey to Britain
- Episode 2 - The Voyage of Hanno the Navigator
- Episode 1 - Necho II's Expedition and the Early Mediterranean Explorers
- Episode 0 - Introduction