Achaemenian invasions of India

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1. Achaemenion ( हख़ामनी ) Invasions of India (580–327 BCE) (Cyrus, Darius I & Xeraxes ) Sachin Kr. Tiwary

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4. The way of their Entrance…. Makaran

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8. Naqsh -e Rostam (515 BCE)

9. Persepolis inscription of Darius (518-515 BCE) Behistun Inscription  (522–486 BCE)

10. Behistun Inscription (522–486 BCE) of Darius I

11. Invasion… Why ?

12. Rulers and their achievements Xeraxes (486-465 BCE)

13. Achaemenid and Indian Rulers Cyrus II , the Great, son of Cambyses I, ruled from c.550-530 BCE Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the Great, ruled 529-522 BCE Darius I , the Great, brother-in-law of Smerdis and grandson of Arsames , ruled 521-486 BCE (Open the route for Greeks and Romans) Xerxes I, son of Darius I, ruled 485-465 BCE (Greek Invasions started) Bimbisaar of Magadh and Prasenjeet of Kosala -Do- -Do- Ajatshatru

14. Cyrus He was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire. Cyrus was the first king who put an end to slavery in all his territory. He allowed his people to continue worshipping their own gods. Empire extended from Eastern Europe proper in the west, to the Indus Valley in the east. He conquest the Lydian Empire (Ancient Turkey ), Babylonian Empire (Iraq & Syria), Median Empire (Ancient Iran) He was succeeded by his son, Cambyses II, who managed to conquer Egypt, Nubia, and Cyrenaica during his short rule.

15. Tomb of Cyrus, Pasargadae, Iran "I am Cyrus the king, an Achaemenid." in Old Persian, Elamite and Akkadian languages.

16. Darius I वह जो अच्छाई कायम रखता है . He was the third Persian King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, He divided the Persian Empire into twenty provinces, and appointed a governor for each province, He organized Achaemenid coinage as a new uniform monetary system, He made Aramaic the official language of the empire. He also put the empire in better standing by building roads and introducing standard weights and measures. 

17. Behistun Inscription (522–486 BCE) of Darius I

18. Inscription on the Gold, Cyllindrical seal and an Image of Darius I

19. Xerxes I  xšaya , meaning "ruling", and the second  ṛšā , meaning "hero, man" He was the son and successor of Darius the Great (r. 522 – 486 BC) and his mother was Atossa, a daughter of Cyrus the Great (r. 550 – 530 BC), the first Achaemenid king. Xerxes also oversaw the completion of various construction projects at Susa and Persepolis.

20. Persepolis, Iran 

21. Susa, Iran

22. Decline The Achaemenids were overthrown by the conquest of Alexander in 330 BCE . It was happened in the  Battle of Gaugamela (also called "Battle of Arbela ") near the river Bumodus . It was close to the modern city of Dohuk in Iraqi Kurdistan (North Iraq). Indian Subcontinent

23. Location of Arbela in the map

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