Multiple choice

Chandragupta defeated the invasion of which Greek general?

  1. Antiochus

  2. Antigonus

  3. Ptolemy

  4. Seleucus I
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Explanation

Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals and successor, around 305 BC. This victory led to a territorial settlement where Seleucus ceded Afghanistan, Balochistan, and parts of Persia to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 war elephants.

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