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Chandragupta Maurya's Macedonian campaigns
Eastern Satraps
Chandragupta Maurya had defeated the remaining Macedonian satrapies in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent by 317 BCE.
Location
Result

Mauryan victory

Territorial
changes
  • Macedonian Northwest India conquered
  • Macedonian Indus Valley conquered
  • Belligerents
    Mauryan Empire Macedonian Empire
    Commanders and leaders
    Chandragupta Maurya

    Nicanor

    Philip
    Casualties and losses
    unknown Remaining Greek governors executed

    Background

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    The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great ended before Chandragupta Maurya came into power. Alexander had left India in 325 BCE and assigned the northwestern Indian subcontinent territories to Greek governors.[1][2]

    Macedonian campaigns

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    After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, Chandragupta Maurya led a series of campaigns in 305 BCE to take satrapies in the Indus Valley and northwest India.[3]

    The nature of early relationship between these governors and Chandragupta Maurya is unknown. Justin mentions Chandragupta as a rival of the Alexander's successors in north-western India.[4] He states that after Alexander's death, Chandragupta Maurya freed Indian territories from the Greeks and executed some of the governors.[5] According to Boesche, this war with the northwestern territories was in part fought by mercenaries hired by Chandragupta and Chanakya, and these wars may have been the cause of the demise of two of Alexander's governors, Nicanor and Philip.[6]

    Aftermath

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    Notes, references and sources

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    1. ^ Mookerji 1988, pp. 2, 25–29.
    2. ^ Sastri 1988, p. 26.
    3. ^ From Polis to Empire, the Ancient World, C. 800 B.C.-A.D. 500. Greenwood Publishing. 2002. ISBN 0313309426. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
    4. ^ Habib & Jha 2004, p. 15.
    5. ^ Mookerji 1988, pp. 6–8, 31–33.
    6. ^ Boesche 2003, pp. 9–37.