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Mahajanpadas — HISTORY STD 11 Arts — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ArtsHISTORYMahajanpadas3 Marks
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Explain the Iranian invasion of India.
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India and Iran have had cultural ties since ancient times. As the Aryans in India moved eastwards, relations diminished.
  • In the $6th$ century $BC$, Emperor Cyrus began to invade India.
  • Emperor Darayesh of the Achaemenid dynasty conquered Gandhara.
  • Daryas had earlier sent an administration called Skylex with a fleet of ships to search for the currents of the Indus River.
  • Xerxes, son of Darius, formed a detachment of Hindus and Gandhars in his army to defeat the Greek city-states.
  • Until $330\ BC,$ Iran ruled the territories on the northwestern border of India.
  • Because Alexander the Great defeated the Iranian emperor Darius III.
  • Alexander's journey to India became easier.

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