Seleucid–Mauryan relations

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Seleucid–Mauryan relations refer to the diplomatic, military, and territorial interactions between the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire and the Indian Maurya Empire, notably including Seleucus I’s campaign in India and the subsequent peace treaty and land cessions to Chandragupta Maurya.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic relations
historical relationship
interstate relations
characterizedBy absence of prolonged warfare after the treaty
exchange of military resources
mutual strategic accommodation
use of marriage diplomacy
documentedBy Appian
Megasthenes
Pliny the Elder
Strabo
geographicScope Iranian plateau
northwestern Indian subcontinent
regions east of the Hindu Kush
hasAspect diplomatic interactions
exchange of war elephants
land cession
marriage alliance
military conflict
peace treaty
territorial negotiations
historicalContext Hellenistic period
rise of the Maurya Empire
successor states of Alexander the Great
includes Seleucid–Mauryan relations self-linksurface differs
surface form: Seleucid embassy to Pataliputra

appointment of Megasthenes as ambassador to the Maurya court
involves Chandragupta Maurya
Maurya Empire
Seleucid Empire
Seleucus I Nicator
keyEvent Seleucus I’s campaign in India
cession of eastern territories by Seleucus I to Chandragupta Maurya
dynastic marriage arrangement between Seleucid and Mauryan houses
peace treaty between Seleucus I and Chandragupta Maurya
transfer of war elephants from Chandragupta to Seleucus
precededBy Alexander’s Asian campaign
surface form: Macedonian conquest of parts of northwestern India
relatedTo Achaemenid–Indian relations
Seleucid–Mauryan relations self-linksurface differs
surface form: Greco-Indian relations

Hellenistic influence in South Asia
resultedIn consolidation of Seleucid control in the west
expansion of Maurya Empire into former Achaemenid territories
formal recognition of Mauryan control over Arachosia
formal recognition of Mauryan control over Gedrosia
formal recognition of Mauryan control over Paropamisadae
formal recognition of Mauryan control over parts of Aria
stabilization of the eastern frontier of the Seleucid Empire
timePeriod early 3rd century BCE
late 4th century BCE

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Seleucid Empire knownFor Seleucid–Mauryan relations
Seleucid–Mauryan relations includes Seleucid–Mauryan relations self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Seleucid embassy to Pataliputra
Seleucid–Mauryan relations relatedTo Seleucid–Mauryan relations self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Greco-Indian relations
Treaty with Chandragupta Maurya follows Seleucid–Mauryan relations
this entity surface form: Seleucid–Mauryan conflict