The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c24.s1.10
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c24.s1.10
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During the latter years of his reign, Pushyamitra was threatened by serious danger. Menander, a relative of the Bactrian monarch Eukratides, and king of Kābul and the Panjāb, having formed the design of emulating the exploits of Alexander, advanced with a formidable force into the interior of India. He annexed the Indus delta, the peninsula of Surāshtra (Kāthiāwār), and some other territories on the western coast; occupied Mathurā on the Jumna; besieged Madhyamikā (now Nagarī near Chitōr) in Rājputāna; invested Sākētam in Southern Oudh; and threatened Pātaliputra, the capital.