Seleucus I Nicator noble title king
from thence (the Hydaspes) to the Hesudrus 168 miles
to the river Ioames (Yamuna) as much: and some copies add 5 miles more therto
from thence to Ganges 112 miles
to Rhodapha 119, and some say, that between them two it is no less than 325 miles.
From it to Calinipaxa, a great town 167 miles-and-a-half, others say 265.
And to the confluent of the rivers Iomanes and Ganges, where both meet together, 225 miles, and many put thereto 13 miles more
from thence to the town Palibotta 425 miles
and so to the mouth of the Ganges where he falleth into the sea 638 miles.  — Pliny the Elder, Natural history, Book 6, Chap 21
Seleucus apparently minted coins during his stay in India, as several coins in his name are in the Indian standard and have been excavated in India. These coins describe him as "Basileus" ("King"), which implies a date later than 306 BC. Some of them also mention Seleucus in association with his son Antiochus as king, which would also imply a date as late as 293 BC. No Seleucid coins were struck in India thereafter and confirm the reversal of territory west of the Indus to Chandragupta.Seleucus may have founded a navy in the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean.
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