<Dd> Scylax explores the Indus and the sea route across the Indian Ocean to Egypt . </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> 330 BC </Dt> <Dd> Alexander the Great conquers parts of Central Asia and parts of northwestern India </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Alexander the Great conquers parts of Central Asia and parts of northwestern India </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> 300 BC </Dt> <Dd> Seleucus Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire, forays into northwestern India but is defeated by Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya Empire, and they become allies soon after . </Dd> </Dl>

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