Seleucid–Mauryan war
305–303 BC conflict in South Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Seleucid–Mauryan War was fought between 305 and 303 BC. It started when Seleucus I Nicator of the Seleucid Empire sought to retake the Indian satrapies of the Macedonian Empire, which had been occupied by Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, of the Maurya Empire.
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Part of Conquests of Maurya Empire | |||||||||
Alexander the Great's Satrapies in Northern India | |||||||||
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Maurya Empire | Seleucid Empire | ||||||||
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Chandragupta Maurya | Seleucus I Nicator | ||||||||
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The war ended in a Mauryan Victory[6][7] resulting in the annexation of the Indus Valley region and part of Afghanistan to the Mauryan Empire, with Chandragupta securing control over the areas that he had sought, and a marriage alliance between the two powers. After the war, the Mauryan Empire emerged as the dominant power of the Indian subcontinent, and the Seleucid Empire turned its attention toward defeating its rivals in the west.