Achaemenid invasion of the Indus Valley
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Were a series of military campaigns by the Achaemenid rulers in the Indus valley.
Chronology
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January 509 BC: Conquests of Achaemenid ruler Darius I in India (Gandara and Sattagydia), circa 510 BC.
January 538 BC: Cyrus the Great expanded the Achaemenid Empire as far as to the banks of the Indus river and organized the conquered territories under the Satrapy of Gandara.
January 517 BC: The Gandhara Kingdom, ruled by King Ambhi, was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire under the leadership of King Darius I in 518 BC. This marked the incorporation of Gandhara into the vast Persian Empire.
January 515 BC: The Achaemenids under Darius penetrated to the region in 516 BC and annexed other parts of modern-day Punjab, Pakistan west to the Indus river and Sindh.
The upper Indus region, comprising Gandhara and Kamboja, formed the 7th, Gandhara satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire.
January 515 BC: The Achaemenids under Darius penetrated to the region in 516 BC and annexed other parts of modern-day Punjab, Pakistan west to the Indus river and Sindh.
Selected Sources
Behistun inscription, Column i, lines 9-17
Sen, S. N. (1999): Ancient Indian History and Civilization, New Delhi (India), pp. 116-117
