History of India: ancient and medieval / Mahajanapadas, Magadha and the Mauryas
Iranian and Macedonian invasions
Concepts to cover
- Achaemenid rule over Gandhara and Sind; Kharosthi script from Aramaic; Persian sigloi
- Alexander's invasion (327 to 325 BCE), battle of Hydaspes with Porus, retreat from the Beas
- Effects: Greek accounts, dated chronology, Hellenistic art contact, trade routes