The diversity and range of existing archives on the history and romance of Alexander have projected on him a multiplicity of images. Alexander’s conquests, military achievements, romance, myths, and legends have fascinated writers, scholars, historians, poets, filmmakers, the media, and designers of websites around the world. His invasion of India in 326 BCE left an indelible influence on Indian art, history, and literature. The present essay takes up a theme on which not much work has been done in modern scholarship. It focuses on the nature and diversity of the historical memory of Alexander in modern South Asia, particularly as reflected in modern Urdu and Hindi, the two major languages of the subcontinent. It also examines how Alexander is portrayed in popular culture and India’s nationalist discourse.

关于亚历山大历史和浪漫史的现有档案的多样性和范围向他投射了多种图像。亚历山大的征服、军事成就、浪漫史、神话和传说让世界各地的作家、学者、历史学家、诗人、电影制作人、媒体和网站设计师着迷。他于公元前326年入侵印度，对印度艺术、历史和文学产生了不可磨灭的影响。本文讨论了一个在现代学术界没有做过多少工作的主题。它侧重于亚历山大在现代南亚的历史记忆的性质和多样性，特别是反映在现代乌尔都语和印地语这两种次大陆的主要语言中。它还考察了亚历山大在流行文化和印度民族主义话语中的形象。