Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley
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Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley
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Around 535 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus the Great initiated a protracted campaign to absorb parts of India into his nascent Achaemenid Empire. In this initial incursion, the Persian army annexed a large region to the west of the Indus River, consolidating the early eastern borders of their new realm. With a brief pause after Cyrus' death around 530 BCE, the campaign continued under Darius the Great, who began to re-conquer former provinces and further expand the Achaemenid Empire's political boun
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Ancient Persian conquest in the Indian subcontinent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_conquest_of_the_Indus_Valley
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2012-08-21T14:00:32Z
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2024-09-04T17:40:48Z
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