Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India c8.4

c8.4

One is tempted to accept the above opinion but unfortunately it lacks historicity. There is absolutely no proof that the Achaemenians had reached the Beas river. On the evidence of the *Purāṇas*, it may be said that the Mlechchhas were confined to the west of the Indus only. Arrian also supports this view. However, there may be truth in the statement that Alexander by his conquests was trying to re-establish the Achaemenian Satrapies. The paucity of the Achaemenian remains in Sindh and the Panjab proves that the rule of Darius I only lasted for some time after the conquest of the region.