The Agalassoi u>''Hindi/Sanskrit - अग्राश्व;'' were a tribe that lived in modern

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in the lower

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at the time of

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. During Alexander's invasion of India, the Agalassoi fought against the Macedonian army. The citizen infantry, numbering about 40,000 and 2,000 cavalry failed to stop the advance of Alexander's army, they then cast themselves with their wives and children into flames, the first known ''Jauhar'' and ''Sākā'' in Indian history. They have been identified as Agarwals of today.

References

*Battacharya, Sachchidananda. ''A Dictionary of Indian History'' (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1977) p. 10 {{Pakistan-history-stub Wars of Alexander the Great Ancient peoples of India Ancient peoples of Pakistan