
Alexander the Brute: Building Empires in the Ancient World
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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The History of the Gangetic Plains
In three 26 b c, mister fite knows only of one mighty empire across the gunga. After the difficult battle with king puru on the jelam river, alexander fully intended to try and enter the gangetic plains. His soldiers mutiny after hearing stories of the immense armies and vast numbers of elephants of the gangarda. But magata was still opposed by many rival states. Now we often think about the unification of various of india some kind of historical inevitability but does not really how history works at all.
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