Androcottus conquers India.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Androcottus Origin: Indian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Androcottus Origin: Indian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Indian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 62.2Plutarch Alexander 62.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	India (India)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	conquest
Original Text :	Ἀνδρόκοττος γὰρ ὕστερον οὐ πολλῷ βασιλεύσας Σελεύκῳ πεντακοσίους ἐλέφαντας ἐδωρήσατο, καὶ στρατοῦ μυριάσιν ἑξήκοντα τὴν Ἰνδικὴν ἐπῆλθεν ἅπασαν καταστρεφόμενος.
Translation :	For Androcottus, who reigned there not long afterwards, made a present to Seleucus of five hundred elephants, and with an army of six hundred thousand men overran and subdued all India.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	century: According to the New Pauly, this takes place before 316. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/seleucus-e1107300
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