The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great began in 327 BC and lasted until 325 BC. After conquering the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the Macedonian army...
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The wars of Alexander the Great (Ancient Greek: Πόλεμοι του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου) were a series of conquests carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from...
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The Mallian campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great from November 326 to February 325 BC, against the Mallians of the Punjab. Alexander was...
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executing some of the Greek governors. The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great ended before Chandragupta came to power. Alexander had left India in...
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in the aftermath of Alexander's campaigns. During Alexander's campaign of India it is said he reached the outer boundaries of the Magadhan Empire's Nanda...
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Sagala (category Use Indian English from December 2022)
was razed in 326 BC during the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great. In the 2nd century BC, Sagala was made capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander...
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The tomb of Alexander the Great is attested in several historical accounts, but its current exact location remains an enduring mystery. Following Alexander's...
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Porus (redirect from Porus the Great)
unsuccessfully fought against Alexander the Great in the Battle of the Hydaspes (326 BC). In the aftermath, an impressed Alexander not only reinstated him as...
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the death of Callisthenes). Book 5 This book continues the narrative of the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great of 326 BC, including Alexander's arrival...
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coming from the west had to cross to enter the Indian subcontinent; notable conquests include the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great in the fourth century...
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It took place on the banks of the Hydaspes River in what is now the Punjab province of Pakistan, as part of Alexander's Indian campaign. In what was possibly...
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Hindush (section Second Persian invasion of Greece)
two centuries, ending when it fell to the Macedonian Empire during the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great. Hindush was written in Persian inscriptions...
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Nearchus (category Geographers of Alexander the Great)
through the Persian Gulf and ending at the mouth of the Tigris River following the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, in 326–324 BC. A native of Lato...
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Until the age of 16, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle. In 335 BC, shortly after his assumption of kingship over Macedon, he campaigned in the Balkans...
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The death of Alexander the Great and subsequent related events have been the subjects of debates. According to a Babylonian astronomical diary, Alexander...
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Avanti-Magadhan Wars Magadha-Vajji war Greek campaigns in India Indian campaign of Alexander the Great Overthrow of the Nanda dynasty Seleucid-Mauryan war Kalinga...
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Pauravas (category Use Indian English from December 2015)
practices. Indian campaign of Alexander the Great Shurasena Yadu Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago...
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5 Issus 4 Miletus 3 Granicus 2 Pella 1 The Cophen campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great in the Kabul (Sanskrit: "Kubha") Valley between May...
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Punch-marked coins (redirect from Punch marked coins of india)
before the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, in 327 BC, as Plutarch noted Taxiles (Ambhi) of Taxila exchanged coined tribute with Alexander. According...
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Gedrosia (category Historical Indian regions)
Γεδρωσία) is the Hellenized name of the part of coastal Balochistan that roughly corresponds to today's Makran. In books about Alexander the Great and his...
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The Expedition of Chenab was a joint expedition conduced by Alexander the Great of Macedonian Empire and King Porus of Paurava Kingdom against an enemy...
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Naaman (redirect from Naaman the Syrian)
after the return of the troops after the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great. When the Hebrew slave-girl who waits on his wife tells her of a Jewish...
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Āryāvarta (category Ancient Indian geography)
the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great (327-325 BCE), the rise of the Maurya Empire (322-185 BCE), and the Saka invasions and rule of northwestern...
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Alexander the Great's accomplishments and legacy have been preserved and depicted in many ways. Alexander has figured in works of both high culture and...
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The historical and literary tradition describes several of Alexander's relations, some of which are the subject of question among modern historians. Curtius...
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Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (redirect from Empire of Alexander the Great)
about Alexander, and Hieronymus of Cardia wrote a history about Alexander's royal successors. Following the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian...
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Chandragupta Maurya (redirect from Chandragupta Maurya the Great)
of power, Alexander the Great had invaded the Northwest Indian subcontinent before abandoning his campaign in 325 BCE due to a mutiny caused by the prospect...
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Mallian people (category Ancient peoples of Pakistan)
south of the confluence of the Jhelum (Hydaspes) and Ravi, (Hydraotes) rivers, who confronted Alexander the Great during his Mallian campaign in 326...
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surviving ancient Greek and Latin sources on Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, as well as some Asian texts. The five main surviving accounts are by Arrian...
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Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BC), a king of ancient Macedon, created one of the largest empires in history by waging an extensive military campaign...
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