The Battle of Jhelum took place in 326 BC as part of Alexander the Great's campaign in India. After conquering territories to the west, Alexander continued his military campaign eastward for several strategic and personal reasons: to secure his existing conquests, pursue further conquest due to disunity among Indian princes, wealth, a desire to reach the eastern ocean and edge of the world, and to embark on a journey of geographic and scientific discovery.

1. The Battle of Jhelum (Hydaspes)
326 BC
Alexander and Military Matters

9. Why didn’t Alexander stop at this
point?
• To safeguard what he’d already conquered
• Pothos – a longing to go further than anyone else and
just find out what was there
• Further conquest because he knew Indian princes were
disunited – wealth
• May have thought that by going further east he would
reach the eastern ocean and the very edge of the world
• A desire to make a journey o geographical and scientific
discovery