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Name: Kasmira Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 1149 BC

End: 326 BC

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A kingdom identified as the Kashmir Valley along the Jhelum River of the modern Jammu and Kashmir state.

Establishment


  • January 1149 BC: Kasmira was a kingdom identified as the Kashmir Valley along the Jhelum River of the modern Jammu and Kashmir state. Possibly, the sage Kashyapa or a descendant of this sage lived here, since the name Kas is derived from the name Kashyapa like the name Caspian of the Caspian Sea.
  • Chronology


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    1. Wars of Cyrus the Great


    Were a series of expansionistic military campaigns by the first Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great.

    1.1.Achaemenid invasion of the Indus Valley

    Were a series of military campaigns by the Achaemenid rulers in the Indus valley.

  • January 509 BC: Conquests of Achaemenid ruler Darius I in India (Gandara and Sattagydia), circa 510 BC.

  • 2. Wars of Alexander the Great


    Were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon (known as Alexander "The Great") from 336 BC to 323 BC. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and also expanded his kingdom into the Indian Subcontinent.

    2.1.Alexander's War in Persia

    Were the military campaigns by Alexander the Great King of Macedon in the territories of the Achaemenid Empire.

    2.1.1.Campaigns of Alexander the Great against the Achaemenid rebel Satrapies

    Were a series of military campaign by Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, in the regions of the Achaemenid Empire that had become de facto independent after the collapse of the Empire.

  • January 325 BC: Modern Hund, Pakistan, conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 325 BC: Modern Hund, Pakistan, conquered by Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • Selected Sources


  • Behistun inscription, Column i, lines 9-17
  • Sen, S. N. (1999): Ancient Indian History and Civilization, New Delhi (India), pp. 116-117
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