Alexander the Great’s Invasion of India: His Greatest Adventure!
A painting by Charles Le Brun depicting Alexander and Porus (Puru) during the Battle of the Hydaspes.
In 326 BC, Alexander III of Macedon, known more familiarly as Alexander the Great, having conquered the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, the largest empire within the ken of the Greeks of the time, turned his attention to the next great conquest, that of the fabled but little known land of India. What exotic people and riches awaited the greatest conqueror of ancient times?
With only one way to find out, Alexander once more mounted his armies and stepped forward to the Indian sub-continent, transiting the famous Khyber Pass.
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