Alexander is wounded in India.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Origin: Indian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
Third Party (Group) :	Origin: Indian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 55.5Plutarch Alexander 55.5 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	India (India)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	following orders tactical/strategical
Original Text :	Χάρης δὲ μετὰ τὴν σύλληψιν ἑπτὰ μῆνας φυλάττεσθαι δεδεμένον, ὡς ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ κριθείη παρόντος Ἀριστοτέλους, ἐν αἷς δὲ ἡμέραις Ἀλέξανδρος ἐτρώθη περὶ τὴν Ἰνδίαν, ἀποθανεῖν ὑπέρπαχυν γενόμενον καὶ φθειριάσαντα.
Translation :	and Chares says that after his arrest he was kept in fetters seven months, that he might be tried before a full council when Aristotle was present, but that about the time when Alexander was wounded in India, he died from obesity and the disease of lice.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	thirdperson: Since Alexander was probably wounded in battle, it is safe to assume the presence of other soldiers.
Notes :	The perpetrator was probably an enemy soldier.
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