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Chandragupta Maurya's Macedonian campaigns
Chandragupta Maurya had defeated the remaining Macedonian satrapies in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent by 317 BCE.
Location Northwest India & Indus Valley Result Mauryan victory Territorial changes Macedonian Northwest India conquered Macedonian Indus Valley conquered
Belligerents
Mauryan Empire	Macedonian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Chandragupta Maurya	Nicanor Philip
Casualties and losses
unknown	Remaining Greek governors executed

Background

See also: Indian campaign of Alexander the Great

The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great ended before Chandragupta Maurya came into power. Alexander had left India in 325 BCE and assigned the northwestern Indian subcontinent territories to Greek governors.

Macedonian campaigns

After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, Chandragupta Maurya led a series of campaigns in 305 BCE to take satrapies in the Indus Valley and northwest India.

The nature of early relationship between these governors and Chandragupta Maurya is unknown. Justin mentions Chandragupta as a rival of the Alexander's successors in north-western India. He states that after Alexander's death, Chandragupta Maurya freed Indian territories from the Greeks and executed some of the governors. According to Boesche, this war with the northwestern territories was in part fought by mercenaries hired by Chandragupta and Chanakya, and these wars may have been the cause of the demise of two of Alexander's governors, Nicanor and Philip.

Aftermath

See also: Seleucid-Mauryan war