Cophen campaign

Alexander's Indian campaign
Part of Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
The Valley of the Cophen
Date May 327 BC – March 326 BC Location modern Kabul valley, Afghanistan and Pakistan 35°12′00″N 72°29′00″E / 35.2°N 72.483333°E / 35.2; 72.483333 Result Macedonian victory Territorial changes Hellenic conquest of the Cophen country, modern Kunar, Panjkora, and Swat valleys.
Belligerents
Macedon League of Corinth	Aśvaka Kasmira Guraeans Assakenoi
Commanders and leaders
Alexander the Great (WIA) Craterus Perdiccas Ptolemy I Soter (WIA) Leonnatus (WIA)	Cleophis Abisares others
class=notpageimage| Location of the Cophen Valley

Alexander the Great

1200km
820miles

Babylon

15

Malavas

14

Hydaspes

13

Cophen

12

Cyropolis

11

Persian Gate

10

Uxians

9

Gaugamela

8

Alexandria

7

Gaza

6

Tyre

5

Issus

4

Miletus

3

Granicus

2

Pella

1

  

  current battle

The Cophen campaign was conducted by Alexander the Great in the Kabul (Sanskrit: "Kubha") Valley between May 327 BC^[1] and March 326 BC.^[2] It was conducted against the Aspasioi, the Guraeans, and the Assakenoi tribes in the Kunar valley of Afghanistan, and Panjkora (Dir) and Swat valleys in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The goal of the campaign was to secure the Macedonian line of communications so that the Macedonian army could proceed into India proper.