Kambojas

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Establishment

• January 449 BC: The earliest reference to the Kambojas is in the works of Pāṇini, around the 5th century BC. Other pre-Common Era references appear in the Manusmriti (2nd century) and parts of the Mahabharata, both of which described the Kambojas as former kshatriyas (warrior caste) who had degraded through a failure to abide by Brahmanical sacred rituals. Their territories were located beyond Gandhara in present day eastern Afghanistan, where Buddha statues were built during the reign of Ashoka and the 3rd century BC. The Edicts of Ashoka refers to the area under Kamboja control as being independent of the Mauryan empire in which it was situated.

Chronology

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1. Wars of Alexander the Great

Were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon (known as Alexander "The Great") from 336 BC to 323 BC. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and also expanded his kingdom into the Indian Subcontinent.

1.1. Alexander's War in Persia

Were the military campaigns by Alexander the Great King of Macedon in the territories of the Achaemenid Empire.

1.1.1. Campaigns of Alexander the Great against the Achaemenid rebel Satrapies

Were a series of military campaign by Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, in the regions of the Achaemenid Empire that had become de facto independent after the collapse of the Empire.

• May 329 BC: Kapisa, Alexandria in the Caucasus conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
• May 329 BC: Ortospana and Kabura conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
• May 329 BC: Cophen River conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
• June 329 BC: The Kambojas entered into conflict with Alexander the Great as he invaded Central Asia.

2. Secession of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire around 250 BC.

• January 249 BC: Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire around 250 BC.

Disestablishment

• January 249 BC: Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire around 250 BC.
• January 249 BC: The confederation of the Kambojas may have stretched from the valley of Rajauri in the south-western part of Kashmir to the Hindu Kush Range; in the south-west the borders extended probably as far as the regions of Kabul, Ghazni and Kandahar, with the nucleus in the area north-east of the present day Kabul, between the Hindu Kush Range and the Kunar river, including Kapisa possibly extending from the Kabul valleys to Kandahar.