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Adraistae

Ἀδραϊσταί

Adraistae (Ἀδραϊσταί), a people of N. India (the Panjab), with a capital city Pimprama (Πίμπραμα), which Alexander reached in a day's journey from the Hydraotes (Ravee), on his march to Sangala. (Arrian. Anab. 5.22.3.) Lassen identifies them with the modern Arattas (Pentapotamia, p. 25).

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.