Question

Alexander invaded India in 326 BCE. Discuss the impacts of Alexander’s invasion.

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Write about Alexander’s invasion and retreat
• Write about the impacts of Alexander’s invasion on India.

Alexander invaded India in 326 BCE. He defeated Porus, one of the many rulers present in the north-western parts of India. But Alexander decided to leave, and he died in
323 BCE.

The impacts of Alexander’s invasion were as follows:

• The opening of trade routes between Europe and India.
• Availability of dates in history as Alexander’s historians noted the dates.
• Political benefits to Chandragupta Maurya as Alexander’s invasion destroyed small kingdoms of north-west India.
• Development of the Indo-Greek school of art known as the Gandhara school.