Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
Ancient Greek military campaign in the northwestern Indian subcontinent
Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
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 undertook an expedition into the northwestern Indian subcontinent. Within two years, Alexander the Great expanded the Macedonian Empire, a Hellenistic kingdom, to include Gandhara and the Indus Valley (present-day Punjab and Sindh), surpassing the earlier frontiers established by the Persian Achaemenid conquest. Following annexation of Gandāra (a former Persian satrapy), Alexander and his troops advanced into Punjab, where he received submission of the king Omphis of the city of Taxila, and confronted Porus, another regional king. In 326 BC, Alexander defeated the Pauravas under Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes, although the engagement was possibly the Macedonians' most costly battle. Alexander's continued eastward march was leading his army into a confrontation with the Nanda Empire, based in Magadha. According to Greek sources, the...
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