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Of those who accompanied Alexander to India, Aristobulus, Onesicritus, and Nearchus wrote about the Indian campaign. [6] The only surviving contemporary account of Alexander's Indian campaign is a report of the voyage of the naval commander Nearchus, [7] who was tasked with exploring the coast between the Indus River and the Persian Gulf. [6]
Alexander's Campaign in Southern Punjab. Peeters. ISBN 9789068314991. Ramashankar Tripathi (1939). "Alexander s Invasion of India: a revised Study". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 3. Indian History Congress: 348– 370. JSTOR 44252385. Waldemar Heckel (2020). In the Path of Conquest: Resistance to Alexander the Great. Oxford ...
Hellenistic satrapies in ancient India after Alexander. Alexander left behind Greek forces which established themselves in the city of Taxila, now in Pakistan. Several generals, such as Eudemus and Peithon governed the newly established province until around 316 BC. One of them, Sophytes (305–294 BC), was an independent Indian prince in the ...
The Anabasis of Alexander, written by the Roman-Greek historian Arrian, recorded that Alexander the Great captured ancient Sialkot, recorded as Sagala, from the Cathaeans, who had entrenched themselves there. [14] [15] [16] The city had been home to 80,000 residents on the eve of Alexander's invasion, [15] but was razed as a warning against any ...
The Hindūš province, remained loyal till Alexander's invasion. [58] Circa 400 BC, Ctesias of Cnidus related that the Persian king was receiving numerous gifts from the kings of "India" (Hindūš). [29] [a] Ctesias also reported Indian elephants and Indian mahouts making demonstrations of the elephant's strength at the Achaemenid court. [60]
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The Battle of Gaugamela (/ ˌ ɡ ɔː ɡ ə ˈ m iː l ə / GAW-gə-MEE-lə; Ancient Greek: Γαυγάμηλα, romanized: Gaugámēla, lit. 'the Camel's House'), also called the Battle of Arbela (Ἄρβηλα, Árbēla), took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Persian Army under King Darius III.
Location of Charlottesville in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Charlottesville, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. The locations of ...