Book excerpt: Ranjit Pal`S Work Is At Once Fascinatingly Suggestive, Pioneering And Provocative, Yet Frustratingly Confused And Laborious. The Main Subject Is Alexander`S Conquest Of India, Specifically Palibothra, The Theoretical Limit Of His March East. The Author Leads His Own Campaign West Against Those Scholars, Particularly Badian And His Disciples Who Ignore The Sanskrit And Pali Sources And Try To Reconstruct Alexander`S Eastern Campaign Using Only The Greek And Roman Texts.