Start
End
256272289305322
Michael CarricoMichael Carrico
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
|Privacy Policy

Foreign relations with Hellenistic kingdoms and the Seleucid–Mauryan treaty (c. 322–250 BCE)

Foreign relations with Hellenistic kingdoms and the Seleucid–Mauryan treaty (c. 322–250 BCE)

  1. Ashoka’s Major Rock Edict XIII cites Hellenistic kings

    Labels: Ashoka, Major Rock, Hellenistic kings

  2. Greek-language Ashokan edicts attest continued frontier integration

    Labels: Kandahar edicts, Greek community

  4. Ptolemy II sends Dionysius as envoy to India

    Labels: Ptolemy II, Dionysius envoy

  5. Bindusara’s request to Antiochus illustrates court exchange

    Labels: Bindusara, Antiochus

  6. Bindusara continues Mauryan diplomacy with Antiochus I

    Labels: Bindusara, Deimachus envoy

  7. Seleucus deploys treaty elephants at Ipsus

    Labels: Seleucus, Battle of

  8. Megasthenes serves as Seleucid envoy at Pataliputra

    Labels: Megasthenes, Pataliputra

  9. Seleucid–Mauryan treaty concludes with territorial cessions

    Labels: Seleucid Mauryan, territorial cessions

  10. War-elephant transfer formalizes the treaty’s exchange

    Labels: War elephants, Chandragupta Seleucus

  11. Dynastic marriage alliance accompanies the settlement

    Labels: Dynastic marriage, Greco-Roman sources

  12. Seleucus I returns east to reclaim satrapies

    Labels: Seleucus I, eastern campaign

  13. Seleucid–Mauryan War in the Indus region

    Labels: Seleucid Mauryan, Indus region

  14. Chandragupta establishes Mauryan rule in Magadha

    Labels: Chandragupta Maurya, Magadha