Cophen campaign
The Cophen campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great in the Kabul (Sanskrit: "Kubha") Valley between May 327 BC and March 326 BC. 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.
| Alexander's Indian campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of Indian campaign of Alexander the Great | |||||||||
The Valley of the Cophen | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Macedon League of Corinth |
Aśvaka Kasmira Guraeans Assakenoi | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Alexander the Great (WIA) Craterus Perdiccas Ptolemy I Soter (WIA) Leonnatus (WIA) |
Cleophis Abisares others | ||||||||
Location of the Cophen Valley | |||||||||
1200km
820miles
820miles
Babylon
15
Malavas
14
Hydaspes
13
Cophen
12
Cyropolis
11
Persian Gate
10
Uxians
9
Gaugamela
8
Alexandria
7
Gaza
6
Tyre
5
Issus
4
Miletus
3
Granicus
2
Pella
1
current battle
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