May
31
/ 2023
Having conquered the mighty Achaemenid Empire, Alexander the Great set his sights on the north western region of the Indian subcontinent. Thus, in 327 BC, the Macedonian king began his campaign by invading the valley of the river Kabul. Whilst Alexander won some spectacular battles, his Indian campaign was ultimately a failure. Alexander’s battle against King Porus was to be his last major victory, as the Macedonian army’s refusal to go further east meant that the Macedonian king had to relinquish his dreams of conquering the entire known world. Yet, Alexander’s campaign in India would have important consequences for the subcontinent and its people. One of them is the founding of a new Indian Empire – the Mauryan Empire, which
