The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c24.235

v1.c24.235

With the downfall of the Achaemenian rule before the onslaught of the conqueror from Macedon ends the first chapter in the story of the relations between India and Persia. It belongs elsewhere to indicate those which existed under the successors of Alexander, under the Parthian and Sassanian sovereigns, and down through Muhammadan times, until, in the eighteenth century, a Persian invader like Nādir Shāh could carry off the Peacock Throne of the Mughals and deck his crown with the Koh-i-Nūr.