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Indian Campaign Chronology
Background
327 BC
Mar 327Sogdian Rock o Rock of Sisimithres (where Oxyartes and Roxana were) (Gissarskiy (or Hissar) Range, Pamiro-Alai region, Tajikistan)―SogdiaSpring 327Bactra (Balkh, near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan)―BactriaSpring 327Kapisa, Alexandria in the Caucasus (Bagram near Charikar, Afghanistan)―Gandara, capital city?Cophen River (Kabul River, Afghanistan/Pakistan)―GandaraSep 327Passo Khyber/Khyber Pass (Afghanistan/Pakistan)―GandaraAutumn 327Peucelaotis (Charsadda, north of Peshawar, at the Kabul River, Pakistan), occupied by Perdiccas and Hephaestion―Gandara, Western PunjabAutumn 327Arigaeum (Arigaion), capital city of the Aspasians (Nawagai, Pakistan), Alexander campaign against Aspasians and Guraei―Gandara, Western PunjabAutumn 327Massaca/Massaga, capital city of the Assacenes (Alexander campaign) (Wuch near Chakdara, lower Swat (Soastus) valley, Pakistan)―Gandara, Western PunjabAutumn 327Bazira (Bir-Kot/Barikot, lower Swat valley, Pakistan)―Gandara, Western PunjabAutumn 327Ora (Ude-Gram/Odigram, lower Swat valley, Pakistan)―Gandara, Western PunjabAutumn 327Shang-La Pass, Pakistan (4300m)―Gandara, Western PunjabAutumn 327Aornus Rock (Pir-Sar or Pir Sarai, 1600m, at the Indus River, Pakistan)―Western Punjab
326 BC
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|
| Winter, 326 BC | Modern Hund - two Macedonian armies reunited | Gandara |
| March, 326 BC | Alexander's detour to Nysa | Gandara |
| Spring, 326 BC | Taxila | Gandara |
| July, 326 BC | Battle of Hydaspes River | Kingdom of Porus, Pauravas |
| July, 326 BC | Alexandria Nicaea | |
| July, 326 BC | Alexandria Bucephala | |
| August, 326 BC | Acesines River | |
| August, 326 BC | Hydraotes River | |
| August, 326 BC | Sangala - siege against the Mallians/Malli | |
| 31 August, 326 BC | eastern-most border of Alexander's expedition, mutiny of the army | Hyphasis River |
| September, 326 BC | Establishment of Alexandria on the Hyphasis | |
| September, 326 BC | Return to Hydaspes River, Nicaea and Bucephala | |
| November, 326 BC | Departure of the fleet at the Hydaspes River | |
| Nov-Dec, 326 BC | Mallians and Oxydracae campaign | |
| Nov-Dec, 326 BC | Town of the Brahmans (Harmatelia) | |
| Nov-Dec, 326 BC | Siege of Multan - capital city of the Mallians (Malava) | Alexander seriously wounded by arrow |
| Nov-Dec, 326 BC | Alexandria on the Indus or Alexandria of Opiane | |
| December, 326 BC | Campaigns against the kingdoms of Musicanus and Sambus (capital city Thatta) | |
| December, 326 BC | Patala (Hyderabad) | |
325 BC
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|
| Jul-Dec, 325 BC | Expedition of Craterus from Patala to Hormuz: Patala, Bolan Pass, between Sibi and Quetta | Persia |
| Aug-Dec, 325 BC | The return of Alexander: Patala-Hormuz (with Hephaestion) | Persia |
| August, 325 BC | Arabius River | Sind |
| ? | Arabitians and Oreitans Campaigns | Gedrosia |
| Autumn, 325 BC | Alexandria Rhambacia | Gedrosia |
| ? | Alexandria in Makarene | Gedrosia |
| Autumn, 325 BC | Gedrosian Desert | Gedrosia |
| Sep-Dec, 325 BC | Expedition of Nearchus from Patala to Hormuz | Strait of Hormuz |
| November, 325 BC | Pura | Gedrosia |
| December, 325 BC | Alexandria in Carmania | Carmania |
| December, 325 BC | Reuniting at Hormuz―Carmania | Carmania |
324 BC
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|
| January-February, 324 BC | Return of Alexander from Hormuz to Susa | Susiana |
| January, 324 BC | Pasargad | Persis (Persia Proper) |
| February, 324 BC | Persepolis | Persis (Persia Proper) |
| February, 324 BC | Susa | Susiana |
| January-February, 324 BC | Return of Hephaestion and Craterus along the coastline of Carmania and Persia (from Hormuz to Susa) | Susiana |
| January-February, 324 BC | The return of Nearchus from Hormuz to Susa: Hormuz, Qeshm Island, Mond River, Karun River, Susa | Susiana |
| March, 324 BC | Susa Weddings | Susiana |
| ? | Persian Gulf | Susiana |
| Spring, 324 BC | Establishment of Alexandria in Susiana or Alexandria of Characene, later Alexandria Antiocheia | Susiana |
| Spring, 324 BC | Mutiny of the army at Opis | Babylonia |
| Summer, 324 BC | Ecbatana | Media |
| October, 324 BC | Death of Hephaestion in Ecbatana | Media |
323 BC
