Which Persian ruler made the Indus valley a province (Satrapy) of his empire?

Darius the Great made the conquered Indian territories the 20th Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire.

Ancient Foreign Invasions

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Exam Year

1994

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ID: ANC_HIS_PMPG_1994_94 Ref: History of Ancient India by RS Sharma

First Persian ruler who captured some part of India was-

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Cyrus the Great was the first Persian ruler to capture parts of India, specifically the northwestern regions west of the Indus, in the 6th century BCE. His successor, Darius I, later expanded these territories.