Acesines

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Acesines is the ancient Greek name for the Chenab River, a major river of the Punjab region in South Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient place name
river
ancientNameOf Chenab River
associatedWithEvent Alexander the Great’s campaigns in India
crossedBy Alexander the Great
flowsInto Indus River
flowsThrough Jammu and Kashmir region
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir

Punjab, India
linked to: Punjab

Punjab, Pakistan
historicalGeographyOf Ancient India
linked to: ancient India
historicalPeriodUsed Classical antiquity
locatedInCountry India
Pakistan
locatedInRegion Punjab
locatedInSubcontinent Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
majorRiverOf Punjab region
linked to: Punjab
mentionedBy Arrian
linked to: Arrian of Nicomedia

Pliny the Elder
Strabo
modernName Chenab River
nameLanguage Ancient Greek
partOfRiverSystem Indus River system
linked to: Indus River basin
recordedInWork Anabasis of Alexander
Geographica
Naturalis Historia
sourceRegion Himalayas
tributaryType major tributary of the Indus River

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