History of India: ancient and medieval / Mahajanapadas, Magadha and the Mauryas
Iranian and Macedonian invasions
Concepts to cover
- Achaemenid rule over Gandhara and Sind; Kharosthi script from Aramaic; Persian sigloi
- Alexander's invasion (327 to 325 BCE), battle of Hydaspes with Porus, retreat from the Beas
- Effects: Greek accounts, dated chronology, Hellenistic art contact, trade routes
Where to study
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 16
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 4 Emergence of State and Empire, pp. 62-81 (printed 58-77)
- Lesson 4 Emergence of State and Empire, 4.3 Persian and Macedonian Invasions, p. 65 (printed 61)
- Lesson 4 Emergence of State and Empire, 4.4 Alexander's Invasion, pp. 66-67 (printed 62-63)
- Lesson 4 Emergence of State and Empire, 4.3 Persian and Macedonian Invasions; 4.4 Alexander's Invasion (effects), pp. 65-67 (printed 61-63)