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crossing the river Ganges also, the width of which, as they learned, was •thirty-two furlongs, its depth •a hundred fathoms, while its banks on the further side were covered with multitudes of men-at‑arms and horsemen and elephants. For they were told that the kings of the Ganderites and Praesii were awaiting them with eighty thousand horsemen, two hundred thousand footmen, eight thousand chariots, and six thousand fighting elephants. And there was no boasting in these reports. For Androcottus, who reigned there not long afterwards, made a present to Seleucus of five hundred elephants, and with an army of six hundred thousand men overran and subdued all India.
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As for the Macedonians, however, their struggle with Porus blunted their courage and stayed their further advance into India. For having had all they could do to repulse an enemy who mustered only twenty thousand infantry and two thousand horse, they violently opposed Alexander when he insisted on
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waged on for over two years, resulting in significant territorial and political change in the region. To resolve the conflict both parties finally settled upon a marriage alliance. Chandragupta annexed the Greek satraps, while also gaining Seleucid's daughter in marriage. In exchange
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grew up, he discovered the culture of the vine and the mode of extracting its precious juice, being the first to do so; but Hera struck him with madness, and drove him forth a wanderer through various parts of the earth. In
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Certain areas in the north-west were acquired through the treaty with Seleucus... It has been suggested that the territory ceded consisted of Gedrosia, Arachosia, Aria, and the Paropamisadae.
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Continued diplomatic exchanges and good relations between the Seleucids and the Mauryan emperors are then documented throughout the duration of the Mauryan empire.
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ruled various parts of north-western South Asia until the end of the 1st century BC, when they were conquered by the Scythians and Kushans.
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cultural syncretism. The arts of the Indian sub-continent were also quite affected by Hellenistic art during and after these interactions.
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Exhausted and frightened by the prospect of facing another giant Indian army at the Ganges River, his army mutinied at the
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Seleucus received 500 prized war elephant from the Indian Emperor, an asset which was used to decisively win the
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Bull, Malcolm, The Mirror of the Gods, How Renaissance Artists Rediscovered the Pagan Gods, Oxford UP, 2005,
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in Bihar state). Megasthenes wrote detailed descriptions of India and Chandragupta's reign.
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Alexander left behind Greek forces which established themselves in the city of
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to Chandragupta's court, who repeatedly visited Chandragupta's capital of
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governed the newly established province until around 316 BC. One of them,
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Campaigns and landmarks of Alexander's invasion of the Indian subcontinent
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his guru and political advisor, rose to power by overthrowing the
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Autonomous ancient Indian tribes conquered by Alexander the Great
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The invasion of northern India followed the destruction of the
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