Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-21

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00:01:20 1 Background and invasion
00:07:34 2 Inscriptions and accounts
00:08:34 2.1 Behistun inscription
00:10:05 2.2 Statue of Darius inscriptions
00:10:51 2.3 Apadana Palace foundation tablets
00:12:26 2.4 Naqsh-e Rustam inscription
00:14:10 3 Achaemenid administration
00:17:48 4 Indian tributes
00:17:58 4.1 Apadana Palace
00:19:19 4.2 Tribute payments
00:23:10 4.3 Contribution to Achaemenid war efforts
00:30:56 5 Greek and Achaemenid coinage
00:31:39 5.1 Kabul and Bhir Mound hoards
00:33:46 5.2 Pushkalavati hoard
00:35:02 6 Influence of Achaemenid culture in the Indian subcontinent
00:35:15 6.1 Cultural exchanges: Taxila
00:37:55 6.2 Palatial art and architecture: Pataliputra
00:40:31 6.3 Rock-cut architecture
00:42:55 6.4 Monumental columns: the Pillars of Ashoka
00:44:06 6.5 Aramaic language and script
00:45:20 6.5.1 Edicts of Ashoka
00:47:08 7 Religion
00:49:42 8 See also



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The Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley refers to the Achaemenid military conquest and occupation for about two centuries of territories of the North-western regions of the Indian subcontinent. The conquest of the areas as far as the Indus river is often dated to the time of Cyrus the Great, in the period between 550-539 BCE. The first secure epigraphic evidence, given by the Behistun Inscription inscription, gives a date before or about 518 BCE. Achaemenid penetration into the area of the Indian subcontinent occurred in stages, starting from northern parts of the River Indus and moving southward. These areas of the Indus valley became formal Achaemenid satrapies as mentioned in several Achaemenid inscriptions. The Achaemenid occupation of the Indus Valley ended with the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great circa 323 BCE. The Achaemenid occupation, although less successful than that of the later Greeks, Sakas or Kushans, had the effect of acquainting India to the outer world.