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After the death of Spitamenes and his marriage to Roxana (Raoxshna in Old Iranian) in 326 BC to cement his relations with his new Central Asian satrapies, Alexander was finally free to turn his attention to India. For Alexander, the invasion of India was a natural consequence of his subjugation of the Achaemenid Empire, as the areas of the ...
The invasion of northern India followed the destruction of the Mauryan dynasty by the general Pushyamitra Shunga, who then founded the new Indian Shunga dynasty (185 BC-78 BC). The Indo-Greek king Menander may have campaigned as far as the capital Pataliputra in eastern India (today Patna ): "Those who came after Alexander went to the Ganges ...
After fortifying Bactria with 10,000 men, Alexander commenced his invasion of India through the Khyber Pass. [24] Whilst possessing a much larger army, at the battle, an estimated 40,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry crossed the river in time to engage the enemy. [ 3 ]
Campaigns and landmarks of Alexander's invasion of the Indian subcontinent After the death of Spitamenes and his marriage to Roxana (Roshanak in Bactrian ) to cement his relations with his new Central Asian satrapies, Alexander was finally free to turn his attention to the Indian subcontinent .
According to Diodorus (1st century BCE), during his invasion of India, Alexander made a pact of friendship with the Siboi (or Sibians), the neighbors of the Agalasseis. Alexander then marched against the Agalasseis, whose army comprised 40,000 infantry and a 3,000 cavalry. He defeated them, "cutting down" most of them.
The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Q. Curtius, Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin (1896), at Internet Archive; The Early History of India from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great (1914), by Vincent Arthur Smith, at Internet Archive
Boukephala (Ancient Greek: Βουκεφάλα) and Nikaia (Νίκαια) were two cities founded by Alexander the Great on either side of the Hydaspes (modern-day Jhelum River, Pakistan) during his invasion of the Indian subcontinent.
Alexandria (on the) Hyphasis was the name of the fortress on the west bank of the Hyphasis (Beas) river at which Alexander the Great stopped on 31 Aug 326 BCE in the course of his Indian campaign. It was on the eastern border of Alexander's empire. Today, it is near Amritsar, part of Punjab, India. [1] [2] [3] [4]