why is alexander the great called 'great'

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gaurvisingh901

@gaurvisingh901

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Posted: 14 years ago

Hi,friends.I am here again with a new topic which has been haunting me for a few weeks and that is why alexander the great called 'great'.ok, i know he conquered the huge part of the world as it was known at that time and he was a great commander but is this the only reasons for calling him great?I need your opinions ,guys, please reply as much ac u all can...😊

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jayati

@Fishfish

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Posted: 14 years ago

Modern historians conferred the 'Great' title to very few kings / emperors amongst them are Alexandar the Great, Alfred the Great of England and from India, Ashoka the great and Akbar the great.

Alexandar was awarded the title because I think he never lost a battle and conquered most of the known world during that time, I don't think he was a great administrator for he was always travelling and conquering lands but one thing he tried to bring the world under one rule without disturbing various religious practices and culture...

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Arunita Chandra

@RoseFairy

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Posted: 14 years ago

he was great warrior...none could defeat himin his time...so he was called great...

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Moner_Radio

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Posted: 14 years ago

but den y Alexander went back widout conquering India 😕?? isnt dat becoz he recieved a stiff resistance 4m CGM & others ?? 😕

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Arunita Chandra

@RoseFairy

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Posted: 14 years ago

actually his soldiers became tired ...and wanted to go back..and cgm and alex met once but never faught any battle..but he received tough resistance from indians though he won d battles but his soldieres became exausted so he went back

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peihu

@peihu

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Posted: 14 years ago

i dont know much about history..but even though alexander existed thousands of yrs ago..he is
still regarded one of the greatest emperors known to mankind..n as the saying goes
jo jeeta wahi sikander..is a testimonial to the fact that he never lost any battle in his life and
conquering so much at such an early is not easy,furthermore he also respected other brave
warriors like porus..so all in all he is rightly called alexander the great👏

for more info pl contact bhargu the great😆

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Bhargavi

@Historylover

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Posted: 14 years ago

haan haan ...bhargu d great aa gayi apne alexander the great k baare mein bataane 😆

actually..apart from being a great warrior he was also a man of values with great thinking...always had great respect for intelligent and brave people..when he was going back to babylon...he said to acharya chanakya , " main talwar kheenche hue aaya tha acharya...hriday dekar jaa raha hun 😊 ...this proves how much respect he had for chanakya and india 😃 ...thats what makes him not only a great warrior but also a great human being...i guess i have sung enough praise for him 😆

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jayati

@Fishfish

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Posted: 14 years ago

Originally posted by: polly_03
but den y Alexander went back widout conquering India 😕?? isnt dat becoz he recieved a stiff resistance 4m CGM & others ?? 😕

He went back as his soldiers wanted to go back...they had become homesick...it is not clear if CGM and Alexander ever met or is it figmentation of our imaganination as because when Alexander came to India CGM was yet to emerge, most probably he was under tutelage of Chanakya..but yes Alexander did say he wants to come back and conquer rest of India only he died on the way, had he been living history would have been different...

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Bhargavi

@Historylover

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Posted: 14 years ago

agree with u tintiny..thanks for sharing..sagars r showing 10 yrs leap..i wonder if alex could hav sustained in india 4 ten yrs ...india ka naksha kaisa hota? 😆

anyway ...gauravi 4 more info on alex u can go to the below links :

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1725302&TPN=4

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1725302&TPN=5

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1725302&TPN=9

Edited by Historylover - 14 years ago

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Moner_Radio

@Moner_Radio

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: Historylover
agree with u tintiny..thanks for sharing..sagars r showing 10 yrs leap..i wonder if alex could hav sustained in india 4 ten yrs ...india ka naksha kaisa hota? 😆

@ bhargu:
quote in red: in dat case, der wud hv been no country called India ..only Greece, " Vishal Greece " !!!! 😲

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