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The war ended in a settlement resulting in the annexation of the [[Indus Valley]] region and part of Afghanistan to the Mauryan Empire, with Chandragupta securing control over the areas that he had sought, and a marriage alliance between the two powers. After the war, the Mauryan Empire emerged as the dominant power of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and the Seleucid Empire turned its attention toward defeating its [[Diadochi|rivals in the west]]. | The war ended in a settlement resulting in the annexation of the [[Indus Valley]] region and part of Afghanistan to the Mauryan Empire, with Chandragupta securing control over the areas that he had sought, and a marriage alliance between the two powers. After the war, the Mauryan Empire emerged as the dominant power of the [[Indian subcontinent]], and the Seleucid Empire turned its attention toward defeating its [[Diadochi|rivals in the west]]. | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
{{Main|Conquest of the Nanda Empire}} | {{Main|Conquest of the Nanda Empire}} | ||
[[Chandragupta Maurya]] established himself as ruler of [[Magadha]] around 321 BC. He decided to conquer the [[Nanda Dynasty]], rulers at the time of the [[Gangetic Plain]]. He fought the empire for eleven years with successful guerrilla campaigns, and captured the Nanda capital of [[Pataliputra]]. This led to the fall of the empire and the eventual creation of the [[Maurya Empire]] under Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. | [[Chandragupta Maurya]] established himself as ruler of [[Magadha]] around 321 BC. He decided to conquer the [[Nanda Dynasty]], rulers at the time of the [[Gangetic Plain]]. He fought the empire for eleven years with successful guerrilla campaigns, and captured the Nanda capital of [[Pataliputra]]. This led to the fall of the empire and the eventual creation of the [[Maurya Empire]] under Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. | ||
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. When Alexander died, the [[Wars of the Diadochi]] ("Successors") split his empire apart; as his generals fought for control of Alexander's empire. 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]]. According to the Roman historian [[Appian]], Seleucus, | 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. When Alexander died, the [[Wars of the Diadochi]] ("Successors") split his empire apart; as his generals fought for control of Alexander's empire. 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]]. | ||
===Seleucus reconquest of Alexander empire=== | |||
According to the Roman historian [[Appian]], Seleucus, | |||
{{quote|text=Always 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. The whole region from Phrygia to the Indus was subject to Seleucus.|sign=<small>[[Appian]]</small>|source=''History of Rome'', The Syrian Wars [http://www.livius.org/ap-ark/appian/appian_syriaca_11.html 55]}} | |||
Alexander had appointed satraps in control of his territories. Similarly [[satrap]]s were appointed to govern the Indus Valley. The Mauryans had annexed the areas governed by four such satraps: [[Nicanor (Antipatrid general)|Nicanor]], [[Philip (satrap)|Phillip]], [[Eudemus (general)|Eudemus]] and [[Peithon (son of Agenor)|Peithon]]. This established Mauryan control to the banks of the Indus. Chandragupta's victories convinced Seleucus that he needed to secure his eastern flank. Seeking to hold the Macedonian territories there, Seleucus thus came into conflict with the emerging and expanding Mauryan Empire over the Indus Valley.{{sfn|Kosmin|2014|p=33–34}} | |||
==Seleucid–Chandragupta war and result== | |||
===Conflict and Epigamia=== | |||
===Indian Sources Epigamia=== | |||
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== War == | == War == | ||