Emperor Alexander wanted to make India the property of Macedonia but he had to give up that wish midway. After winning some kingdoms of Vaheek region and Indus zone he turned back.Before returning Alexander held a great ceremony at Patanprasta his last conquest in India. It was to celebrate his victories in this part of […]
Across the Jhelum river lay Kaikya land of Puru that fell on the conquest course of Alexander. Greek army needed to take it and its ally king Ambhi had been pressing Emperor Alexander to move against Puru as soon as possible because monsoon season was closing in. The rains would cause flooding of the rivers
The invasion force of Alexander finally crossed the Hindukush range and stepped into the mainland Bharata. Spread before was vast plains of northern India. Massive was the Gangetic plain. The first kingdom to face Alexander was West Gandhar. The Greek army laid a seige to its capital Pushkaravati.At that time Gandhar land had two kingdoms,
The death of Gandhar king proved a boon for Ambhi. Now he was free to implement his own agenda. He had never felt easy with old customs, traditions and outdated political thoughts. He was duly coronated and ascended to the throne.He announced to save Gandhar from massacre and destruction by Greeks he had decided to
The time passed by. Even after the defeat at the hands of Kaikya the educational activities of Taxila continued unaffected as the university did not get involved in the local politics or related upheavels. The teachers went on teaching and the students flocked in from all over the land. Infact, normal public life continued with
When Emperor Alexander of Greece was storming towards India the political situation here was dismal. Entire land of Bharat was divided in small kingdoms or fiefdoms. The rulers of those lands were petty minded debaucheds who envied each other. Over a trifle matters they raided each other’s lands. Quarrelsome by nature they found pleasure in
After a prolonged illness King Phillip died in the year 336 B.C. only one year after Alexander had finished his education. During the illness of his father Alexander had started discharging duties as acting ruler of Macedonia. The people, royals, chieftains, courtiers and commanders all were in favour of Alexander’s ascending to the throne. There
Meanwhile in that times of Greece several changes had occured. Some were good, some sad and positives mixed with negatives. The good included the expansion of Macedonia into a great empire encompassing large part of Greece and arrival of Prince Alexander. The passing away of great thinker Plato was a sad event. Greece had lost
The wheel of the time moved on. King Phillip was now on mission of relentlessly engaged in vanquishing his opponents and foes. In a short period he ruled supreme in Greece as one of the most mighty rulers of the land. A feared name Phillip had become.By 356 B.C., the Macedonia emperor had gained superiority
It appeared the reigning deity of Greece was smiling on King Phillip. That is why inspite of the adverse situations Phillip was able to descend on the throne of Macedonia. He gave all the credit of his successes to the Reigning Deity and his benign grace on him. Phillip had great faith in the deity
Long time ago Greece was divided into small kingdoms. The significant kingdoms were Corinth, Macedonia, Theebs, Athens and Sparta. On minor issues they used to fight big bloody battles amongst themselves or each other. Each one of them ever struggled to gain domination over others.At that period Macedonia was the most prominent of them. In