to connect Maurya Ashoka with the Ashvakas. [25] Dr Spooner observes: "After Alexander's death, when Chandragupta marched on Magadha , it was with largely the Persian army ( Shaka-Yavana-Kamboja-Parasika-Bahlika ) that he won the throne of India. The testimony of the Mudrarakshasa is explicit on this point, and we have no