6_Glorious_Epochs_of_Indian_History

1ST GLORIOUS EPOCH 55.
REVENGE OF THE DEFEAT OF KING PAURAV
133. Thus was avenged by this decisive victory of
Chandragupta over the vanquished Greeks the old sore of the ,
defeat of King Paurav and other atrocities and insults meted
out to the Indians by Alexander ! So—
THE VANQUISHED SELEUCOS MEEKLY ACCEPTED
ALL THE TERMS OF THE VICTORIOUS
CHANDRAGUPTA"'.
134. According to these terms of the treaty, Seleucos
relinquished his right to the Indian region this side of the
Indus which he had so far maintained. But when he was firmly
told by Chief Minister Chanakya that the war would not
end unless the whole region from Gandhar to Hindukush,
which was till then in the Greek hands, was yielded to the
Indian Emperor, he submitted to it meekly and the thousands
of Greek warriors who proudly held their brave chests and
their swords drawn up v/hile crossing the Indus on their
march against India, now returned crest-fallen, with their
heads and swords held down. They crossed not only the
Indus backwars but retreated to the farthest end of the
Hindukush mountain"'.
LOVE IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT FEAR
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135. This singular victory of Chandragupta brought the
Indian frontiers quite close to those of the Greek empire of
Seleucos and the dividing line between the two empires was
the range of the Hindukush mountain ! The might of this
Indian emperor and the personality of Chandragupta and
Chanakya impressed the Greek Emperor, Seleucos, so much
that he was fully convinced of the advisability of having
friendly relations with such a mighty empire than to be on
inimical terms with it ! Secondly, Seleucos had enemies on
the other frontiers although they too were Greeks. Friend­
ship with Chandragupta, therefore, was calculated to overawe