ग्रीको-रमान लिरगिरि प्लूटार्कया बुंदोंदि बिथांनि सिकन्दरनि जिउआव नंदा राजाया ओरैबायदि गनाय जाथावैमोनदि सिकन्दरआ नाजायोमोनब्ला बिथाङा गोरलैयैनो भारतखौ देरहानो हागौमोन।
Greco-Roman writer Plutarch stated, in his Life of Alexander, that the Nanda king was so unpopular that had Alexander tried, he could have easily conquered India.