Some idealistic scholars had once favored the perception that Alexander the Great believed in the universal brotherhood of man. #DID ALEXANDER THE GREAT CONQUER INDIA SERIES#This is a transcript from the video series The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World. This included not only the countries mentioned above but also present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Kashmir region of India. This is named so because during this era the Hellenic or Greek culture, language, and administration had spread over a large geographical area. The era from the death of Alexander the Great to the time of Roman conquest in 30 B.C. before three stable kingdoms finally emerged: Greece proper, ruled by the Antigonids Southern Turkey, Babylonia, Syria, Iran, and central Asia, ruled by the Seleucids and finally Egypt, ruled by the Ptolemies. It took nearly half a century after Alexander’s death in 323 B.C. By the time he was 26 years old, he had already won over the once-mighty Persian Empire. But still, Alexander deserves most of the credit. At the same time, a lot of credit must be given to his father Philip II his mother Olympias, and his tutor Aristotle. And many soldiers in his army were mercenaries. (Image: Image Library/Public domain)Īlexander the Great could not have changed the course of history without the support of his army. Was he able to do this single-handedly? Alexander the Great is revered as a visionary, a prophet, a holy man, or even a saint even till today, in the East as well as in the West. The achievements of Alexander the Great can not be ignored because he not only altered the course of history but also the course of everyday life. Just giving you a clue, the rest you will have to dig up, enjoy it and do write up some more.By Robert Garland, Ph.D., Colgate University The world that was created by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great in just a few years was far more united than any time before that in history. To get a deeper insight, do please lookup He managed to reach Basar where he died, ill and suffering. He with the rest went into the Makran desert, where over 95% of his army perished. He managed to get some boats and sent a fraction of his surviving troops by sea, Porus was simply the elected leader and his Khap /republic/Panchayat armies gave Alexander a resounding defeat.Īlexander could not go back the way he came but was driven to the south, to the Sindhu delta( misnamed as the i Indus). The society in 300 BCE was made of the republican people, or Khaps which stretched from what is now Afghanistan to South india to the Eastern coats. If you would, you may wish to put a little more substance to the account, and note I am referring to it as an account, not a story.Īlexander “”””did not run into some ” hill- chieftains”.””” How come in our own country we still read this junk? Hopefully, in the near future, we will change this. He had lost fair and square and he died because of India’s fight. Dangerously wounded he ran west to Iran where he died because of the arrow. However, he could not escape a deadly arrow shot by one of our heroes. The truth is that Alexander could not withstand the shattering blows of even our small hill-chieftains and had to run for his life. The worst thing is that most people believe this “history”! The same Alexander who gloated over his atrocities in Persia and in his intoxication of victory had committed all sorts of barbaric excesses wherever he had stepped, becomes a generous man immediately when he steps on the soil of Bharat! The world is yet to see a generous western conqueror. In my school history book, he is said to have conquered India but he gave it back in generosity. Some stories about him say that his army felt homesick and came back to Greece, others say he conquered India but out of generosity he returned the territory, but very rarely is the truth revealed. You must know about the “World Conqueror”, Alexander the Great. I found it quite useful, hence thought of sharing with a wider audience. Shocked by what he read, he investigated the topic and wrote down below article. Last week, my 10 years old son was reading his history text book and noticed yet another incident of praise for an atrocious invader, Alexander and the cultural and economic benefits his invasion brought to India. At some places the level of absurdity is so high that even a child can make out that something is fishy. They have served their purpose pretty well by developing confused minds who believe that Indian resistance to foreign invaders was missing all together. The flaws in narrative that have been purposefully settled in our history books are abundant.
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