Alexander the Great's Indian campaign

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Alexander_the_Great's_Indian_campaign
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Taxiles_(King_Ambhi)
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:consequence gptkb:mutiny_at_the_Hyphasis_River
return to Babylon
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Hyphasis_River
gptkb:Hydaspes_River
gptkb:Indus_River
gptkbp:endDate 325 BCE
gptkbp:facedWarElephants yes
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Arrian
gptkb:Diodorus_Siculus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alexander the Great's Indian campaign
gptkbp:legacy spread of Hellenistic culture in India
influenced Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms
gptkbp:location gptkb:Punjab
gptkb:Hydaspes_River
gptkb:Northwest_Indian_subcontinent
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Hydaspes
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:King_Porus
gptkbp:partOf Alexander the Great's conquests
gptkbp:result Macedonian victory
Porus retained his kingdom as a vassal
gptkbp:significance farthest eastern advance of Alexander's empire
gptkbp:startDate 326 BCE
gptkbp:troopsInvolved gptkb:Macedonian_army
Indian armies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mutiny_at_the_Hyphasis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7