Greek campaigns in India
 | This article includes a list of general Porus on his elephant.
Silver. British Museum In ancient times, trade between the spices and gold being traded. The Greeks invaded South Asia several times, starting with the conquest of Alexander the Great and later with the Indo-Greek Kingdom .
Legend of the God Bacchus in Ancient India
ancient India A legendary account states that when the Greek God Indus river, the locals said that their city was founded by Dionysus in the distant past and their city was dedicated to the god Dionysus.[2] These travels took something of the form of military conquests; according to Diodorus Siculus he conquered the whole world except for Britain and Ethiopia.[3] Returning in triumph (he was considered the founder of the triumphal procession) he undertook to introduce his worship into Greece, but was opposed by some princes who dreaded its introduction on account of the disorders and madness it brought with it (e.g. Pentheus or Lycurgus ).
Conquests of Alexander the Great (327–326 BC)
  In 327 BC Battle of Hydaspes (326).
East of Porus' kingdom, near the Nanda Dynasty .
According to Plutarch, at the time of Alexander's Battle of the Hydaspes River, Magadha's army further east numbered 200,000 infantry, 80,000 cavalry, 8,000 chariots, and 6,000 war elephants, which was discouraging for Alexander's men and stayed their further progress into the Indian subcontinent:
Exhausted and frightened by the prospect of facing another giant Indian army at the Ganges River, his army mutinied at the Hyphasis (modern Beas), refusing to march further east. Alexander, after meeting his officer Coenus, was convinced that it was better to return. Alexander was forced to turn south, conquering his way down the Carmania (modern southern Iran) with his general Craterus, and commissioned a fleet to explore the Persian Gulf shore under his admiral Nearchus, while he led the rest of his forces back to Persia by the southern route through Gedrosia (modern Makran in southern Pakistan).
 Alexander left behind Greek forces which established themselves in the city of Peithon governed the newly established province until around 316 BC. One of them, Sophytes (305–294 BC), was an independent Indian prince in the Punjab.
Seleucid (305 BC) Alexander's army mutinied along the Macedonian Empire .
Following Alexander's death, Meanwhile, in India, Seleucid-Mauryan War waged on for over two years, resulting in significant territorial and political change in the region. To resolve the conflict both parties finally settled upon a marriage alliance. Chandragupta annexed the Greek satraps, while also gaining Seleucid's daughter in marriage. In exchange Basileus Seleucus received 500 prized war elephant from the Indian Emperor, an asset which was used to decisively win the Battle of Ipsus.[4]
Seleucus also sent an ambassador named Patna in Bihar state). Megasthenes wrote detailed descriptions of India and Chandragupta's reign.
Continued diplomatic exchanges and good relations between the Seleucids and the Mauryan emperors are then documented throughout the duration of the Mauryan empire. Indo-Greek rule (180 BC – 10 AD)  In 180 BC, the Euthydemids) located in neighbouring Bactria .
The invasion of northern India followed the destruction of the ).The Indo-Greeks ruled various parts of north-western South Asia until the end of the 1st century BC, when they were conquered by the Scythians and Kushans. LegacyBuddhism flourished under the Indo-Greeks, leading to the Greco-Buddhist cultural syncretism. The arts of the Indian sub-continent were also quite affected by Hellenistic art during and after these interactions.[6]
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