[MD] Uncertainty

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Sharath:

"In a series of campaigns lasting 10 years, Alexander's armies repeatedly defeated the Persians 
in battle, in the process overthrowing the Persian king Darius III, and conquering the entirety 
of the Persian Empire.ii[›] Alexander then, following his desire to reach the 'ends of the world 
and the Great Outer Sea', invaded India, but was eventually forced to turn back by the near-mutiny 
of his troops."
-wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great


In the spring of 327 BC, Alexander and his army marched into India invading Punjab. The greatest of 
Alexander's battles in India was at the river Hydaspes, against king Porus, one of the most powerful 
Indian rulers. In the summer of 326 BC, Alexander's army crossed the heavily defended river during a 
violent thunderstorm to meet Porus' forces. The Indians were defeated in a fierce battle, even though 
they fought with elephants, which the Macedonians had never seen before. Porus was captured and like 
the other local rulers he had defeated, Alexander allowed him to continue to govern his territory. 
In this battle Alexander's horse Bucephalus was wounded and died. Alexander had ridden Bucephalus 
into every one of his battles in Europe and Asia, so when it died he was grief-stricken.  
He founded a city which he named Buckephalia, in his horse's name.
The army continued advancing as far as the river Hydaspes but at this point the Macedonians 
refused to go farther as reports were coming of far more larger and dangerous armies ahead 
equipped with many elephants and chariots. General Coenus spoke on army's behalf to the king.  
Reluctantly, Alexander agreed to stop here.  Not too long afterwards Coenus died and the army 
buried him with the highest honors.
It was agreed that the army travel down south the rivers Hydaspes and Indus so that they 
might reach the Ocean on the southern edge of the world and from there head westward toward 
Persia. 1,000 ships were constructed and while the navy sailed the rivers, the army rode 
down along the rivers banks, stopping to attack and subdue the Indian villages along the way. 

One of the villages in which the army stopped belonged to the Malli, who were said to be 
one of the most warlike of the Indian tribes. Alexander was severally wounded in this 
attack when an arrow pierced his breastplate and his ribcage.  The Macedonians rescued 
him in a narrow escape from the village. Still the Malli surrendered as Alexander 
became to recover from the grave wound.  The travel down the river resumed and the 
Macedonian army reached the mouth of the Indus in the summer of 325 BC. Then it 
turned westward to Persia.

http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/AlexandertheGreat.html



 


----- Original Message ----
From: Sharath <sharath.kumar79 at gmail.com>
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 2:52:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Uncertainty

Ron earlier:
> Buddhism came from India which was influenced by Greek thought during the reign of
> Alexander.

And I come from India and I'm telling you there were many countries
who reigned over India and Alexander was not one amongst them and for
that matter the Greeks never came close to the Maghad empire or for
that matter south central India where the Buddhist existed. Also,
Buddhism predated Alexander's conquest by at least a century. Buddha
was born in 563BC and Alexander's conquest was 326BC...
Sharath
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