The battle of jhelum (hydaspes) 326
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The Battle of Jhelum (Hydaspes) 326 BC Alexander and Military Matters
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The Battle of Jhelum (Hydaspes) 326 BC
Alexander and Military Matters
Why didn’t Alexander stop at this point?
• To safeguard what he’d already conquered• Pothos – a longing to go further than anyone
else and just find out what was there• Further conquest because he knew Indian
princes were disunited – wealth• May have thought that by going further east
he would reach the eastern ocean and the very edge of the world
• A desire to make a journey o geographical and scientific discovery
