The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.69
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.69
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c28.69
The temporary annexation of Mesopotamia between the Euphrates and Tigris in A. D. 116 by Trajan brought the Roman frontier within 600 miles of the western limits of the Yüe-chi empire. Although the province to the east of the Euphrates was given up by Hadrian in the year after its annexation, there can be no doubt that at this period the rulers of Northern and Western India were well acquainted with the fame and power of the great empire in the west.³