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India was not defeated by Alexander, only some border states. He never really entered today's India. Nandas would have obliterated Alexander had he dared to fa
by yumraj 6y ago
India was not defeated by Alexander, only some border states. He never really entered today's India.
Nandas would have obliterated Alexander had he dared to face them.
- srean 6y agoSpeculations (about and outcome of a war between Nanadas and Alexander) are best done with some statistics on their respective military prowess, rather than vapid saber rattling.
- yumraj 6y agoper Wikipedia[0] According to the Greek sources, the Nanda army was supposedly five times larger than the Macedonian army. Nandas were obviously familiar with their own terrain, while Macedonians were not. The battle with Porus, who was ruling a tiny border state had an army at least in the same order of magnitude as Alexander, who was aided by some of the other local rulers. If Alexander had a hard time wining against Porus, we can simply make some logical assumptions about how he would have fared against a much much superior force, no vapid sable rattling is required. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_campaign_of_Alexander_the_Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_campaign_of_Alexander_t...
- srean 6y agoThis so much a better comment.