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Mauryan control of territory in Afghanistan helped guard against invasion of India from the northwest.{{sfn|Grainger|2014|pp=108–110}} Chandragupta Maurya went on to expand his rule in India southward into the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]].<ref name="Grant"/> | Mauryan control of territory in Afghanistan helped guard against invasion of India from the northwest.{{sfn|Grainger|2014|pp=108–110}} Chandragupta Maurya went on to expand his rule in India southward into the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]].<ref name="Grant"/> | ||
==Aftermath== | |||
After war and treaty with Seleucus , Chandragupta with his army marched toward south for further conquest: | |||
<blockquote>"Not long afterwards Androkottos (Chandragupta_Maurya), who had by that time mounted the throne, presented Selukos with 500 elephants, and overran and subdued the whole of India with an army of 6,00,000." | |||
-Chapter LXII ,Life of Alexander, Plutarch [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TXtEAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] | |||
</blockquote> | |||
Furthermore, the Seleucus received a considerable military force of 500 [[war elephant|war elephants]] with [[Mahout|mahouts]], which played a decisive role against Antigonus at the [[Battle of Ipsus]] in 301 BC. In 281 BC, he also defeated [[Lysimachus]] at the [[Battle of Corupedium]], adding Asia Minor to his empire. Seleucus' victories against Antigonus and Lysimachus left the Seleucid dynasty virtually unopposed amongst the Diadochi.<ref>Bennett & Roberts, pp. 112–113</ref> | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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