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The Mallian Campaign of Alexander the Great (Video)

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The storming of the city of Mallow (January 325 BC ) – the seizure of an Indian city, during which Alexander the Great was seriously wounded.

After the invasion of India, the Macedonian king Alexander in July 326 BC defeated the army of the local king Porus on the River Hydaspes, after which he continued his campaign to the east. However, on the approach to the river Ganges, the Macedonian army refused to follow Alexander, tired of the difficulties of a nine-year march. Rumors of innumerable armies with thousands of war elephants over the Ganges were the immediate cause of disobedience.

Alexander was forced to turn the troops to the south, moving along the Hydaspes and Indus rivers towards Persia. On the way, he conquered the local tribes, many of whom he exterminated for resistance. The most fierce battles flared up on the land of Mallian, most of the inhabitants preferred to die than to submit. After the capture of several cities, Alexander went to the largest of them, whose name has not been preserved.

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