Abisares (or Abhisara; in Greek Ἀβισάρης), called Embisarus (Ἐμβίσαρος,) by Diodorus,[1] was a Kasmira king whose territory lay in the river Hydaspes beyond the mountains.
On his death in 325 BC, Alexander the Great appointed Abisares' son as his successor.
[8] Aurel Stein equates the Hazara region, frequently identified as the ancient Urasa with Abhisara.
[9][10] However, Stein identifies the kingdom of Abhisara with the tract of the lower and middle hills between the Vitasta (Jhelum) and Chadrabhaga (Chenab) including the state of Rajapuri (Rajauri) in Kasmira.
[11][12][13] Old kingdom of Abhisara was basically situated in the Poonch, Rajauri and Nowshera districts of Jammu and Kashmir.