![]() Grainger has argued that Seleucus, upon crossing the Indus, "would find himself in a trap, with a large river at his back and a hostile continent before him," and consequently could not have advanced much farther than the Indus. It is unknown if there was in fact a pitched battle. Appian, History of Rome, The Syrian Wars 55 The whole region from Phrygia to the Indus was subject to Seleucus. According to the Roman historian Appian, Seleucus,Īlways lying in wait for the neighboring nations, strong in arms and persuasive in council, he acquired Mesopotamia, Armenia, 'Seleucid' Cappadocia, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, Arabia, Tapouria, Sogdia, Arachosia, Hyrcania, and other adjacent peoples that had been subdued by Alexander, as far as the river Indus, so that the boundaries of his empire were the most extensive in Asia after that of Alexander. In the eastern territories one of these generals, Seleucus I Nicator, was taking control and was starting to establish what became known as the Seleucid Empire. ![]() When Alexander died, the Wars of the Diadochi ("Successors") split his empire apart as his generals fought for control of Alexander's empire. The Persian provinces in what is now modern Afghanistan, together with the wealthy kingdom of Gandhara and the states of the Indus Valley, had all submitted to Alexander the Great and become part of his empire. This led to the fall of the empire and the eventual creation of the Maurya Empire under Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. ![]() He fought the empire for eleven years with successful guerrilla campaigns, and captured the Nanda capital of Pataliputra. He decided to conquer the Nanda Dynasty, rulers at the time of the Gangetic Plain. Territorial evolution of Magadha and the Maurya Empire between 600 and 180 BCE, including territorial gains from Seleucid-Mauryan War, 303 BCE.Ĭhandragupta Maurya established himself as ruler of Magadha around 321 BCE. ![]()
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