032: The Mauryan Empire of India
The Hellenistic Age Podcast
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The Story of Chandragupta
Chandragupta managed to successfully capture Padaleputra in 320 BC. He had a rather diverse army which included Bactrians, Scythians, and Greeks. This is still an impressive feat, given that the army of the Nanda is numbered somewhere around 300,000. Chandragupta's rule over most of India would not be contested by any insider, but rather by an outside force. In approximately 306 BC, Salucus I launched a campaign in the eastern part of Alexander's former empire,. capturing the territories of Bactrian and Sagdiana. According to Diodorus Siculus, the Macedonian general Eudemus had been the one to
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