He turned back to Greece in 326 b.c. because his army was exhausted,they refused to go any farther. Alexander agreed to lead them home.
India
After invading India, Alexander the Great's troops were becoming insubordinate. They had not been home in twelve years and were disgusted by Alexander's adoption of eastern customs.
His soldiers simply refused to go any further. Alexander did not turn back to Greece by the way. He went back to Babylon which he wanted to establish as the new capital of his Empire. It was there that he died.
India, 327 bce
Gedrosia on his way back from India.
No - he was turned back at the Beaz River.
It didn't cost anything! It was never brought to Rome, Alexander the Great, however, discovered people growing and using when he went to India. He took it back to Northern Greece and the Macedonian Region. Honey was the main substitute.
Badminton began in India, China and ancient Greece back at least 2,000 years ago.
I am not quite sure exactly what is meant by that question but I believe it is a no. India was already discovered and known of. Alexander, after conquering Persia, set out to conquer India. He arrived in the plains of northwestern India, fought a brutal battle, and conquered that part of India. He planned on marching on to conquer more of India to the east, but his army refused to go on since they were fought year after year non-stop. So Alexander had to turn back and didn't go any further into India.
He crossed the Indus River.on his way back to Babylon.
The story is that he was set on conquering India, and his army jacked up on him at the Jhelum River, having been fighting for ten years and wanted to go home. It was just as well as King Chandragupta was in the process of conquering eastern India and had an army which would have crushed Alexander's force if they had collided. We have to wonder if Alexander's army had heard about this and it was this factor as well as homesickness which provoked their mutiny.
There was a lot of macedonian kings and not only ALEXANDER the MACEDONIAN or Alexander the Great it dosent matter cose he was born in todays Greece but than all of that was Macedoina and if somone says that's not true well the historians have proof to back it up.