Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c9.s2.t1.16

c9.s2.t1.16

B. C. when their hegemony was finally extinguished by Alexander. Strabo informs us, on the authority of Eratosthenes, that "the Indus was the boundary between India and Ariana, which latter was situated next to India to the west and was in possession of the Persians at that time" (i. e. when Alexander invaded India).