Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. theme- external contact 1) Although the contact between the Macedonians and ancient Indians was for a brief period, its impact was fairly wide in range. Discuss. (250 words) During the fourth century BC, the Greeks and the Persians fought for supremacy over West Asia. The Achaemenid empire was finally destroyed by the Greeks under the leadership of Alexander of Macedon. He conquered Asia Minor, Iraq and Iran and then marched towards India. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Alexander was greatly attracted towards India because of her fabulous wealth. On the eve of Alexander’s invasion, north western India was divided into a number of small principalities. Lack of unity among them helped the Greeks to conquer these principalities one after another. However, Alexander’s army refused to march ahead when they heard about the vast army and the ...
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