Polity Gangaridai

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Was a kingdom in India encountered by the troops of Alexander the Great.

Establishment

  • January 299 BC: The kingdom of Gangaridai is established in the Ganges Delta.

Chronology

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1. Military campaigns of Bindusara

Military campaign of Bindusara, king of the Mauryan Empire.

  • January 279 BC: Bindusara, who inherited the Maurya Empire when he was just 22 years old, extended his empire to the southern part of India, as far as what is now known as Karnataka. He conquered almost all of the Indian peninsula (he is said to have conquered the 'land between the two seas' - the peninsular region between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea).

Disestablishment

  • January 279 BC: Bindusara, who inherited the Maurya Empire when he was just 22 years old, extended his empire to the southern part of India, as far as what is now known as Karnataka. He conquered almost all of the Indian peninsula (he is said to have conquered the 'land between the two seas' - the peninsular region between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea).