II. At the time when Alexander the Great conquered a part of India, there existed a certain queen named _Cleophidis_, who put herself at the head of a considerable body of the chief women of India, and went to oppose that hero. King Porus, or more properly _Puru_, also opposed that conqueror; as did likewise _Abisar_, but _Omphis_ surrendered at discretion. More information on this subject may be found in D’Anville’s _Antiquité Géographique de l’Inde_, published at Paris in 1775. III. _Sandracoto_, or rather _Ciandracotta_. This prince, after the death of Alexander the Great, brought under his dominion all the Indian provinces which had been conquered by the Macedonian hero. He also entered afterwards into a treaty of alliance with Seleucus, who wished to recover them; but this treaty extended only to places _qui secus Indiam sunt_, that is, which lay on the north-west side of the _Sindhu_. His son, _Allitrocates_, repelled the incursions of the Greeks with such happy effect, that they were never again able to penetrate into India. Antiochus, indeed, made some attempts to enter the country, and laid the _Sopagases_ under contribution; but this prince remained independent and free. IV. _Porus_, or _Pandi_, by Strabo called _Pandion_. He was king of Madura; and, when the Greeks were driven entirely from India, sent an embassy to Augustus, to propose entering into an alliance with him. V. _Cemproboto_, or _Cermbotti_, a cotemporary of the above-mentioned _Pandi_, possessed, besides other places, _Calianapur_ and _Baliapatna_, two considerable cities on the coast of Malabar. VI. _Vikramàditya_, by some called _Bekermadiit_. He succeeded his brother _Sughàditya_, and died fifty years before the birth of Christ. A new æra, by which the chronology of the history of India can with certainty be determined, begins at the death of this sovereign. Before that period many of the Indians reckoned according to the epoch of king _Yudhishthira_, of the family of the _Pandos_, whom Anquetil calls improperly _Djetaschter_. Between that epoch and the death of _Sughaditya_ there are reckoned to be 3044 years. The Carnadians, Tamulians and Malabarese adopt this mode of reckoning also; but use much oftener the _Salivàhana Sagàptam_, which, as already said, begins at the death of _Salivahan_ or _Salbahin_, the sovereign of the Dekan, who died 78 years before the birth of Christ. From this epoch also the Brahmans at _Cangipuri_, _Tiruvatur_, and _Triciur_, date all their astronomical calculations.