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Alexander's Invasion
In 326 BC, Alexander invaded India, after crossing the river Indus he advanced toward Taxila.
He then challenged king Porus , ruler of the dominion among the rivers Jhelum and Chenab.
The Indians had been defeated within the fierce struggle, even though they fought with elephants, which the Macedonians had never earlier than seen. Alexander captured Porus and, like the other neighborhood rulers he had defeated, allowed him to maintain to control his territory.
in the course of this experience to rivers Hydaspes and Indus in the south, Alexander sought out the Indian philosophers, the Brahmins, who had been well-known for his or her know-how, and debated with them on philosophical troubles. He became mythical for hundreds of years in India for being both, a wise philosopher and a fearless conqueror.
one of the villages in which the army halted belonged to the Mallis, who were said to be one
of the most warlike of the Indian tribes. Alexander turned into wounded numerous times on this attack, most critically while an arrow pierced his breastplate and his rib cage. The Macedonian officers rescued him in a slender break out from the village.
Alexander and his military reached the mouth of the Indus in July 325 BC, and grew to become westward for home.
The Mauryan Empire
The duration of the Mauryan Empire (322 BC-185 BC) marked a new epoch within the history of India. It is stated to be a length whilst chronology became exact. It become a length when politics, artwork, change and trade expanded India to an excellent peak. It became a duration of unification of the territories which lay as fragmented kingdoms. furthermore, Indian touch with the outside world
turned into installed effectively throughout this era.
The confusion following the dying of Alexander gave Chandragupta Maurya an opportunity to
unlock the international locations from the yoke of the Greeks, and accordingly occupy the provinces of Punjab and Sindh. He later overthrew the power of Nandas at Magadha with the aid of Kautilya, and founded a glorious Mauryan empire in 322 BC. Chandragupta, who dominated from 324 to 301 BC, for this reason, earned the identify of liberator and the primary emperor of Bharata.
At a better age, Chandragupta got interested by religion and left his throne to his son
Bindusar in 301 BC. Bindusar conquered the Highland of Deccan for the duration of his reign of 28 years and gave his throne to his son Ashoka in 273 BC. Ashoka emerged now not best because the most well-known king of the Maurya dynasty, but is likewise seemed as one of the finest king of India and the world.
His empire blanketed the complete territory from Hindu Kush to Bengal and extended over Afghanistan,Baluchistan and the entire of India except for a small vicinity within the farthest south.
The valleys of Nepal and Kashmir had been also included in his empire.
The maximum critical occasion of Ashoka's reign turned into the conquest of Kalinga (present day Odisha) which proved to be the turning point of his life. The Kalinga battle witnessed horrible manslaughter and destruction. The sufferings and atrocities of the battlefield lacerated the coronary heart of Ashoka. He made a resolve now not to salary conflict any extra. He realised the wickedness of worldly conquest and the splendor of ethical and non secular triumph. He changed into interested in the lessons of Buddha and devoted his existence to the conquest of men's coronary heart via the law of responsibility or piety. He developed a policy of Dharma Vijaya, 'Conquest through Piety'.
Give up of the Mauryan Empire.
Ashoka become succeeded by way of vulnerable rulers, which advocated the provinces to proclaim their independence. The exhausting venture of administering this sort of full-size empire couldn't be completed by the weak rulers. The mutual quarrel the various successors also contributed to the decline of the Mauryan Empire.
Within the starting of the first century A.D., the Kushanas mounted their authority over the
north-west frontier of India. The maximum famous a number of the Kushana kings became Kanishka
(one hundred twenty five A.D.-162 A.D.), who turned into the 1/3 within the Kushana dynasty. The Kushana rule continued until the middle of 3rd century A.D. The most brilliant success in their rule changed into the improvement of Gandhara faculty of art and further spread of Buddhism into distant regions of Asia.
In 326 BC, Alexander invaded India, after crossing the river Indus he advanced toward Taxila.
He then challenged king Porus , ruler of the dominion among the rivers Jhelum and Chenab.
The Indians had been defeated within the fierce struggle, even though they fought with elephants, which the Macedonians had never earlier than seen. Alexander captured Porus and, like the other neighborhood rulers he had defeated, allowed him to maintain to control his territory.
in the course of this experience to rivers Hydaspes and Indus in the south, Alexander sought out the Indian philosophers, the Brahmins, who had been well-known for his or her know-how, and debated with them on philosophical troubles. He became mythical for hundreds of years in India for being both, a wise philosopher and a fearless conqueror.
one of the villages in which the army halted belonged to the Mallis, who were said to be one
of the most warlike of the Indian tribes. Alexander turned into wounded numerous times on this attack, most critically while an arrow pierced his breastplate and his rib cage. The Macedonian officers rescued him in a slender break out from the village.
Alexander and his military reached the mouth of the Indus in July 325 BC, and grew to become westward for home.
The Mauryan Empire
The duration of the Mauryan Empire (322 BC-185 BC) marked a new epoch within the history of India. It is stated to be a length whilst chronology became exact. It become a length when politics, artwork, change and trade expanded India to an excellent peak. It became a duration of unification of the territories which lay as fragmented kingdoms. furthermore, Indian touch with the outside world
turned into installed effectively throughout this era.
The confusion following the dying of Alexander gave Chandragupta Maurya an opportunity to
unlock the international locations from the yoke of the Greeks, and accordingly occupy the provinces of Punjab and Sindh. He later overthrew the power of Nandas at Magadha with the aid of Kautilya, and founded a glorious Mauryan empire in 322 BC. Chandragupta, who dominated from 324 to 301 BC, for this reason, earned the identify of liberator and the primary emperor of Bharata.
At a better age, Chandragupta got interested by religion and left his throne to his son
Bindusar in 301 BC. Bindusar conquered the Highland of Deccan for the duration of his reign of 28 years and gave his throne to his son Ashoka in 273 BC. Ashoka emerged now not best because the most well-known king of the Maurya dynasty, but is likewise seemed as one of the finest king of India and the world.
His empire blanketed the complete territory from Hindu Kush to Bengal and extended over Afghanistan,Baluchistan and the entire of India except for a small vicinity within the farthest south.
The valleys of Nepal and Kashmir had been also included in his empire.
The maximum critical occasion of Ashoka's reign turned into the conquest of Kalinga (present day Odisha) which proved to be the turning point of his life. The Kalinga battle witnessed horrible manslaughter and destruction. The sufferings and atrocities of the battlefield lacerated the coronary heart of Ashoka. He made a resolve now not to salary conflict any extra. He realised the wickedness of worldly conquest and the splendor of ethical and non secular triumph. He changed into interested in the lessons of Buddha and devoted his existence to the conquest of men's coronary heart via the law of responsibility or piety. He developed a policy of Dharma Vijaya, 'Conquest through Piety'.
Give up of the Mauryan Empire.
Ashoka become succeeded by way of vulnerable rulers, which advocated the provinces to proclaim their independence. The exhausting venture of administering this sort of full-size empire couldn't be completed by the weak rulers. The mutual quarrel the various successors also contributed to the decline of the Mauryan Empire.
Within the starting of the first century A.D., the Kushanas mounted their authority over the
north-west frontier of India. The maximum famous a number of the Kushana kings became Kanishka
(one hundred twenty five A.D.-162 A.D.), who turned into the 1/3 within the Kushana dynasty. The Kushana rule continued until the middle of 3rd century A.D. The most brilliant success in their rule changed into the improvement of Gandhara faculty of art and further spread of Buddhism into distant regions of Asia.
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