Hydraotes River

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Hydraotes River is an ancient name, likely referring to a river in the northwestern Indian subcontinent mentioned in classical sources describing Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Granicus River 1
Hydraotes River canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (19)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient river name ⓘ
historical geographic entity ⓘ
appearsIn Greco-Roman geographical tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Hellenistic geography ⓘ
describedAs river in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
documentedAs river encountered or reported during Alexander’s eastern campaigns ⓘ
hasAlternativeCharacterization possibly a Greek rendering of a local river name ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Greco-Roman accounts of India ⓘ
hasModernStatus subject of scholarly debate regarding its exact identification ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Greek ⓘ
hasStatus historically attested but not securely identified with a modern river ⓘ
hasUncertainIdentification true ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
mentionedIn classical sources ⓘ
mentionedInContextOf Wars of Alexander the Great ⓘ
surface form: Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign
partOf ancient descriptions of the Indus region ⓘ
relatedTo Alexander the Great ⓘ
Alexander’s Asian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian invasion of India
timePeriod 4th century BCE (as a reported feature) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian campaign → hasLocation → Hydraotes River ⓘ
Battle of Granicus → locatedOnRiver → Hydraotes River ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus
this entity surface form: Granicus River