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Event war South Asia

Seleucid–Maurya War

305 BCE – 303 BCE

Seleucus I Nicator invaded the Indian subcontinent but was repulsed by Chandragupta Maurya.

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c. 305–303 BCE conflict in South Asia

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Conflict · South Asia

Seleucid–Maurya War

305 BCE – 303 BCE

Seleucus I Nicator invaded the Indian subcontinent but was repulsed by Chandragupta Maurya. The resulting peace treaty ceded vast territories east of the Hindu Kush to the Maurya Empire in exchange for 500 war elephants.

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