Alexander-III
Born in 356 bc
Father– Philip-ii became ruler of Macedonia in 359 bc
His father assassinated by his bodyguards in 336 bc
Disciple of
Aristotle a Greek philosopher
Ruled
Macedon between 336-323 bc
Invaded India
During 326 bc
Army chief
Seleucus nicator
Stayed in India
For 19 months and returned in 325 bc
Died
In 323 bc at the age of 33 due to fever in Babylon
The battle of hydaspes (326 bc)
Fought between alexander-iii and Indian king porus
In this battle, Porus surrendered
Fought near the banks of the Jhelum river
The Alexander-III army refused to go beyond the beas river
Due to homesickness and they
Heard about the strong army of Magadha
Alexander-III appointed
Philip as satrap of Indian occupying areas
Later Seleucus nicator took these areas in the seleucid empire
Seleucid maurayan war (305-303 bc)
Fought between Seleucus nicator and Chandra Gupta Maurya
Chandragupta Maurya occupied Indian satrapies of the Macedonian empire
Seleucus nicator tried to retake the areas of Indian satrapies
Seleucus nicator was defeated in this war
He married his daughter Cornelia to Chandragupta
According to the ‘treaty’ Seleucus nicator gave areas to Chandra Gupta Maurya-
- Kandhar
- Kabul
- Makran
- Herat