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] was a territory that was located to the east of the Ganges river. Gangaridai occurs as the name of a group people and of a country in ] or ] writings. It dates of which range between 1st century BC and 2nd century AD. The Gangaridai nation is known for repelling ] from his great Indian campaign.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Gangaridai - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Gangaridai |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref>
] was a territory that was located to the east of the Ganges river. Gangaridai occurs as the name of a group people and of a country in ] or ] writings. It dates of which range between 1st century BC and 2nd century AD. The Gangaridai nation is known for repelling ] from his great Indian campaign.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Gangaridai - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Gangaridai |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref>
== Background ==
] became king of ] and ] in 336 BCE at the age of 20. He brought most of the Aegean under his rule, and by 331 bce he had conquered ] from the ]. By 328 BCE he had passed through and acquired significant portions of ] from the ] and ]. In 327 BCE his army crossed the Hindu Kush mountains into the Indian subcontinent.<ref>Raikar, Sanat Pai. "Battle of the Hydaspes". Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Hydaspes. Accessed 12 January 2025.</ref> Most local chieftains were intimidated by the might of the Macedonian army and became allies and paid tribute to the Greeks. One of those chieftains was Omphis, the ruler of ]. He begged for Alexander’s protection against the powerful warlord ]. Alexander’s army crossed the ] and eventually made their way to the Hydaspes, the western border of Porus’s kingdom.<ref>Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Porus". Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Dec. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Porus. Accessed 12 January 2025.</ref>
Gangaridai was a territory that was located to the east of the Ganges river. Gangaridai occurs as the name of a group people and of a country in Greek or Latin writings. It dates of which range between 1st century BC and 2nd century AD. The Gangaridai nation is known for repelling Alexander the Great from his great Indian campaign.
Background
Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia and Greece in 336 BCE at the age of 20. He brought most of the Aegean under his rule, and by 331 bce he had conquered Persia from the Persian Empire. By 328 BCE he had passed through and acquired significant portions of Central Asia from the Sogdians and Scythians. In 327 BCE his army crossed the Hindu Kush mountains into the Indian subcontinent. Most local chieftains were intimidated by the might of the Macedonian army and became allies and paid tribute to the Greeks. One of those chieftains was Omphis, the ruler of Taxila. He begged for Alexander’s protection against the powerful warlord Porus. Alexander’s army crossed the Indus River and eventually made their way to the Hydaspes, the western border of Porus’s kingdom.
