HIST 002A Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Maurya Empire, Moe Williams, Indian Army
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Alexander iii 326-324 invaded india and fought against indian states. One of the states were the ones ruled by porus. Alexander fought porus and the indian army. Alexander never loses even with elephants, wins battle against porus. Alexander impressed with porus"s bravery since he did not run away from the battlefield. He gave porus the right to run the kingdom under alexander"s rule. After the battle chandragupta met alexander and was inspired by him. Chandragupt would go on to do similar things. He only conquered northwest of the country. All of macedonia soldiers that were left in india pull out creating a power vacuum in western india. Chandragupta succeeded in establishing an empire in northern india 321, it included his home state of maghada. In 305 the mauryan empire was attacked by alexander"s old general selecus i. Selecus empire was the most powerful of the empires. Slecus tried to invade in india since alexander wanted to as well.
