…Alexander himself leads the rest, together with…

…Alexander himself leads the rest, together with his siege train, through the hills to the north.

His advance through Swat Cas and Gandhara is marked by the storming of the almost impregnable pinnacle of Aornos, the modern Pir-Sar, a few miles west of the Indus and north of the Buner River, an impressive feat of siegecraft.

Unable to storm the rock, Alexander seizes the hill opposite and threatens the Indians' encampment with his catapults.

They retreat but are caught, and many are slaughtered.