Cophen campaign

Alexander's Indian campaign
Part of Indian campaign of Alexander the Great

The Valley of the Cophen
DateMay 327 BC – March 326 BC
Location
modern Kabul valley, Afghanistan and Pakistan
35°12′00″N 72°29′00″E / 35.2°N 72.483333°E / 35.2; 72.483333
Result Macedonian victory
Territorial
changes
Hellenic conquest of the Cophen country, modern Kunar, Panjkora, and Swat valleys.
Belligerents
Macedon
League of Corinth
Aśvaka
Kasmira
Guraeans
Assakenoi
Commanders and leaders
Alexander the Great (WIA)
Craterus
Perdiccas
Ptolemy I Soter (WIA)
Leonnatus (WIA)
Cleophis
Abisares
others
Cophen campaign is located in West and Central Asia
Cophen campaign
Location of the Cophen Valley
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Babylon
15
Death of Alexander the Great 10 or 11 June 323 BC
Malavas
14
Mallian campaign November 326 – February 325 BC
Hydaspes
13
Battle of the Hydaspes May 326 BCE
Cophen
12
Cyropolis
11
Siege of Cyropolis 329 BC Battle of Jaxartes October 329 BC Siege of the Sogdian Rock 327 BC
Persian Gate
10
Battle of the Persian Gate 20 January 330 BC
Uxians
9
Battle of the Uxian Defile December 331 BC
Gaugamela
8
Battle of Gaugamela 1 October 331 BC
Alexandria
7
Foundation of Alexandria 331 BC
Gaza
6
Siege of Gaza October 332 BC
Tyre
5
Siege of Tyre (332 BC) January–July 332 BC
Issus
4
Battle of Issus 334 BC
Miletus
3
Siege of Miletus 334 BC Siege of Halicarnassus 334 BC
Granicus
2
Battle of the Granicus May, 334 BC
Pella
1
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The Cophen campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great in the Kabul (Sanskrit: "Kubha") Valley between May 327 BC[1] and March 326 BC.[2] It was conducted against the Aspasioi, the Guraeans, and the Assakenoi tribes in the Kunar valley of Afghanistan, and Panjkora (Dir) and Swat valleys in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The goal of the campaign was to secure the Macedonian line of communications so that the Macedonian army could proceed into India proper.

  1. ^ Dodge 1890, p. 509
  2. ^ Dodge 1890, p. 540