Persian Invasion and Alexander

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Abhyudaya Kelkar

The Persian invasion of the Indus Valley is a very rarely discussed topic while studying the Ancient India. It is extremely necessary to know about the Persian Achaemenid Empire to understand the world history. But it also almost impossible to understand the possible Persian influences in future, coupled by the scale of changes brought in by Alexander’s invasions. To begin the lesson, we have to take into account the first multi-national empire of the Old World, the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, created by Cyrus the Great and expanded greatly by his succesors, including Darius I, who also invaded the Indus Valley c.515 BC. We will see how he did that. Alexander was an outstanding figure, a warlord and one of the few figures in the world history who changed the lives on the planet enormously through their deeds and doings. In this lesson, I have put an introductory slide about Alexander ‘the Great’. It will be helpful to you to develop an insight about the world history. So let us begin with this first lesson, about the great Persian Empire, the Achaemenid Empire.