Abisares (or Abhisara;[1] in Greek Ἀβισάρης), called Embisarus (Ἐμβίσαρος,) by Diodorus,[2] was a Kasmira king of Abhira[3] descent whose territory lay in the river Hydaspes beyond the mountains. On his death in 325 BC, Alexander the Great appointed Abisares' son as his successor.[4][5][6][7]
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^Diodorus, Bibliotheca, xvii. 90
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