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AEROFORCE1
I just watch the documentary about Alexander the great to day and Just see that he can conquar Indian from north to south. Its quite interesting that the Anchestor of Indian Monarch is Macedonian (greek).

Edit: I better solve it by my self
Tenjikuronin
QUOTE(AEROFORCE1 @ May 11 2006, 08:36 PM) *

I just watch the documentary about Alexander the great to day and Just see that he can conquar Indian from north to south. Its quite interesting that the Anchestor of Indian Monarch is Macedonian (greek).

Here is Some question from me;

Is thecast syetem original from greek?

The bigest war in Indian tale Mahaparata is the war between Greek and Tamil ? If yes it is the war between black and white.

Which Kingdom is the first one who used the tamed elephant? Is it from Macedonian?

How extend the hindu and Budhist philosophy influent by greek philosophy?

Budha is the Indian prince ,and the root of Indian monarch is from Greek ,so he is white people
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Anyway happy visak day biggthumpup.gif

Alexander did not conquer India. In fact, he never got past the Indus River. He suffered a very large blow to his army when he fought against King Purushapta (Porus), and many of Alxeander's own men mutinied rather than having to fight King Porus again.

There are literally dozens of Indian monarchs, and none of them have Macedonian ancestry.

The caste system has nothing to do with the Greeks.

The largest war in Indian folklore is Mahabharat, and it was fought inbetween the Kurus and the Pandavs (and their allies), both members of a single royal family. The Greeks had nothing to do with it.

Tamed elephants were used by dozens of Indian kingdoms. The Macedonians never came into contact with elephants until they fought against King Porus's army.

Buddha (Sidharata Gautam) was an Indian prince belonging to the Saka clan. He has nothing to do with Greece or Macedonia.
AEROFORCE1
My bad you are righ ,I should wait to next week to see how this documentary is end. sure.gif

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Alexander the Great
We're not in Thessaly any more, Toto
Alexander entered India in 327, encountering some of the toughest fighting of his career in the the crossing. He reached the Indus River in 326.

None of the Greeks had ever encountered anything to prepare them for India. The terrain, the monsoons, the fierce tribes, all combined with the long years of campaigning to take some of the heart out of the Macedonians.

Alexander's geographers had assured him that just beyond India was Ocean, the great body of water that completely encircled the world. India itself was surely no bigger than the Persian Empire. We do not know what what in Alexander's mind, but most historians guess that he had no idea of the true size of the subcontinent and that he truly believed he need make only one more push to bring all the eastern world under his dominion.

Defeat of Porus
Two factors combined to bring Alexander's march to a halt: he began to realize that India was much bigger than he had thought, and a war with an Indian king named Porus showed that India would not fall easily to the Greeks.

Porus was powerful both as a man and a king. He stood seven feet tall, a widely-feared ruler and warrior. He fielded an army that was a match for the Greeks, but Porus' army had an additional advantage: war elephants.

This marked their first real encounter with elephants in battle, and it terrified the Greeks. Worse :-), Alexander met Porus during the monsoon season and faced him across a river in flood.

Despite all this, Alexander defeated Porus, killing the king's two sons. Alexander forced Porus into an alliance, a policy he had followed elsewhere.

Mutiny
Having secured the upper Indus River valley, Alexander began to push into the interior of India. The land became dry, but the cities and kingdoms were formidable. As they pressed on, the locals spoke of endless kingdoms to the east, and another great river, and still more kingdoms beyond that. No one knew of any end to them.

At last, his men refuse to go any further. They had refused before, more than once. Each time, Alexander harangued and persuaded and sulked in his tent for days, and eventually the men, terrified of the prospect of being without their hero, had given in.

Not this time. Alexander realized the temper of his army and reluctantly gave the command to return to Persia. This was no small task in itself. Going back by way of the Himalayas and Afghanistan was out of the question. The best course seemed to be to work their way down the Indus River to the Indian Ocean.

The Return
It took a year to do it. The Greeks had to fight their way down the Indus, the lower course of which had many strong cities. At one of these, Alexander was wounded by an arrow that pierced his lung. For three weeks he was near death, but he eventually recovered.

Once at the Indian Ocean, the Greeks built a fleet of ships. Half the army travelled with Nearchus by sea, while Alexander took the other half by land along the coast, each army supporting the other. The return to Persian was a heroic accomplishment and is :-) another testament to the strength of discipline among the Macedonians.

Alexander reached Susa in 324. He had been on campaign continuously for five years.
http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/alexander/11.shtml


Ans the arayan is from the central Asia
Tenjikuronin
QUOTE(AEROFORCE1 @ May 12 2006, 01:11 AM) *

Ans the arayan is from the central Asia


Aryan? They are from India/Iran.
kkdkckrl
QUOTE
I just watch the documentary about Alexander the great to day and Just see that he can conquar Indian from north to south. Its quite interesting that the Anchestor of Indian Monarch is Macedonian (greek).

Here is Some question from me;

Is thecast syetem original from greek?

The bigest war in Indian tale Mahaparata is the war between Greek and Tamil ? If yes it is the war between black and white.

Which Kingdom is the first one who used the tamed elephant? Is it from Macedonian?

How extend the hindu and Budhist philosophy influent by greek philosophy?

Budha is the Indian prince ,and the root of Indian monarch is from Greek ,so he is white people (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif)



Anyway happy visak day (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggthumpup.gif)


This is the dumbest post I have seen in my entire life. God knows where ppl absorb bull$hit like this from. Its almost as if ppl turned off their brains!
Jamie4mIndia
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This is the dumbest post I have seen in my entire life. God knows where ppl absorb bull$hit like this from. Its almost as if ppl turned off their brains!


I agree.
there is no need to reply this guy anymore, All the ques are really BS. HEE hee , I am still laughing.
Astromantic
I don't think a documentary would be that dumb.
AEROFORCE1
QUOTE(kkdkckrl @ May 13 2006, 01:21 AM) *

This is the dumbest post I have seen in my entire life. God knows where ppl absorb bull$hit like this from. Its almost as if ppl turned off their brains!

And this is also the dumbest and useless reply that I got on AF ,you are even read my secound post on this thread where I already found a source to prove it.Unlike Tenjikuronin who try to who correct me. I am just interest on the root of Indian people and and this is what the fu-king respond. I still want to know more about the root of Indian people but you just turn me off.
Sirikittong
Dont get angry, just ignore kkdr, AEROFORCE1.

@KK, dude why do you have to be so offensive to AERO? He had an innocent and legitimate interest in the Indian culture and history; if he had wrong generalizations, then there is no need to reprimand him for it--correct him properly. Positive reinforcement.

All you did was utilize negative reinforcement..as well as initiate hostility and ruined the tone and mood of this thread.

There is no need for that.

I hope my Indian brothers in here can give a proper explanation to AEROFORCE1. I would love to explain, but i think it is best for Indians to explain their own history, culture etc. Hope we have an understanding.

Cheers!
anak ng araw
some people just turns me off.. how disrespectful!

santoloco
all i can say is that alexander the great is a homo!!!! haha lol no offence to anyone. jkez only. haha
Sirikittong
Nice to see pinoys agree with me. Anong gagawen mo dito sa india thread? interesado mo ba kayo sa india? lol embarassedlaugh.gif
Tenjikuronin
QUOTE(santoloco @ May 12 2006, 07:31 PM) *

all i can say is that alexander the great is a homo!!!! haha lol no offence to anyone. jkez only. haha

That's actually true. Its well documented that Alexander had a male lover, and Oliver Stone's recent movie even covered that issue.
Astromantic
Hehe he's a bisex.
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