Did Chandragupta Maurya Meet Alexander?

Chandragupta Maurya never met Alexander the Great. Northwest India was part of Alexander's empire.

Did Chandragupta Maurya fight with Alexander?

By 316 BCE, the empire had fully occupied Northwestern India, defeating and conquering the satraps left by Alexander. Chandragupta then defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Macedonian general from Alexander's army, and gained additional territory west of the Indus River.

Did Chandragupta meet Alexander the Great?

Plutarch claims that he was a young man when he met Alexander during the latter's invasion of India (c. 326-325 BCE). ... According to other Greco-Roman texts, Chandragupta attacked the Greek-Indian governors after Alexander's death (c. 323 BCE) with Seleucus I Nicator entering into a treaty with Chandragupta years later.

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