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Invasions of India.... #battlesfordelhi India has been invaded since much longer than what people realize. There is a recorded invasion by an Assyrian army in antiquity. Then came invasions by the Persians under Darius. Then came Alexander with his Greeks, Seleucus again with Greeks and then the Indo Greek Kings. This was till the end of 2nd century BC. Later in the 2nd century BC came the Kushans followed by the Shakas. The Shaka menace lasted for 500 years. This was followed by the Huns, a menace that lasted till the 6th century AD. Every time the invaders came through the North West and pushed back Indians either east to Pataliputra or South towards Ujjain. Time and again India came out with brave sons like Porus, Chandragupta Maurya, Pushyamitra, Vikramaditya, Chandragupta Vikramaditya, Skandagupta and Yashodharman who beat back the Greeks, Shakas and Huns and restored glory to Mother India. #BattlesforDelhi stands for the incessant struggle put in by Indians through the ages to de
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  King Vikramaditya of Ujjain defeated the Shakas   Indo Greek kingdoms conquered parts of North West India in the second century BC. They were in turn conquered by Indo Scythian tribes from Central Asia called Shakas. Shakas penetrated as far as Mathura and Ujjain in India. Around 58 BC, the legendary King of Malwa Vikramaditya defeated the Shakas in Ujjain and expelled them from Central India. In celebration of that he started a new era Vikram Samvat from 57 BC