HISTORY ONE-LINER (Persian and Alexander’s Invasion)

 

ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

 

Persian Invasion

 

1.       The Achaemenian king of Persia, Darius (522 - 486 BC) captured some territories the east of Sindhu in 518 BC.  

2.      The Persian domination over Indian territory lasted upto 330 BC.  

3.      Xerxes was the persian ruler who enlisted Indians in his army.  

4.      The Kharoshti script was brought to India by Persians.

 

Alexander’s Invasion

 

1.       Alexander was born in 356 BC as the son of King Philip II of Mascedonia.  

2.      Epirus or Olympias was Alexanders mother.  

3.      Aristotle was Alexander’s teacher.  

4.      He became the king in 336 BC  

5.      He defeated the Persian ruler Darius III.  

6.      Alexander founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt  

7.      In 326 BC Alexander defeated Porus (Purushothama) the ruler of Punjab and Captured Taxila through the battle of Hydaspes on the banks of river Jhelum.  

8.      Ambhi the ruler of Taxila invited Alexander to India.  

9.      Alexander died of Malaria at the age of 33 in 323 BC while he was in Babylon.  

10.    Alexander was cremated at Alexandria.  

11.      Alexander was known as Shehansha in Persia and Sikhandar-I-Asam in Indo-Pak region.  

12.    The Last general of Alexander in India was Eudamas.  

13.    Alexander’s first General in India was Selucus Nikator.  

14.    Alexander IV succeeded Alexander as the Masedonian King.  

15.    Alexander’s teacher Aristotle is considered as the father of Politics, Biology, Taxonomy and the Science of Logic.