Xylinepolis or Xylenopolis (, meaning: wooden city/town) was a temporary military fortress (phrourion) in the naval base of Patala, founded in 325 BC by Alexander the Great.Conquest and empire By A. B. Bosworth Pages 140,249 It is mentioned by Pliny the Elder.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Xylenopolis Alexander's admiral Nearchus stayed there for four months before his voyage.A compendium of ancient and modern geography, Arrowsmith Aaron, p.552
William Woodthorpe Tarn argues that Pliny was mistaken in his reference to the town, and that Pliny's source merely mentioned an , meaning a town made of wood. According to Tarn the town was therefore a pre-existing Indian town rather than one founded by Alexander.
See also List of cities founded by Alexander the Great
References
Memoir on the Eastern Branch of the River Indus, Giving an Account of the Alterations Produced on It by an Earthquake, Also a Theory of the Formation of the Runn, and Some Conjectures on the Route of Alexander the Great; Drawn up in the Years 1827-1828, Lieutenant Alex, pp 586-587
External links Alexander the Great: his towns livius.org