Helan I Mandi Bahauddin I Village Named After Greek Princess I Anonymous Tomb & Various Traditions

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Helan I Mandi Bahauddin I Village Named After Greek Princess I Anonymous Tomb & Various Traditions

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About 25 km away from Mandi Bahauddin, the historical area of ​​Helan is believed to have been owned by Raja Hale. Five and a half hundred years ago, a warlike Arab general, Sheikh Ali bin Hassan bin Arab, came with his army. And at this place fought a deceived battle with Raja Hale.
As a result of the war, thousands of people were killed while Sheikh Ali bin Hassan was also martyred. Soldiers who were killed in the war were buried here in an area of ​​four square kilometers. Because of Raja Hale, it got the name Helan.

The tomb located here belongs to Sheikh Ali bin Hassan, which is the historical heritage of the area, but due to the negligence of the Department of Archaeology, this historical heritage is gradually disappearing.

According to another tradition, Sheikh Hasan was the governor or Qazi-ul-Qada of this region during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He died here during a hunting expedition, so according to his will, he was buried here in this tomb.

There is less history and more traditions about Helan.

A tradition also states that after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, one of his generals, Perdiccas, was appointed governor of his vast empire with Babylon as its capital. Governors were appointed in different parts, who were called satraps. Ptolemy Soter, the satrap of Egypt, rebelled against this system and declared himself an independent king of Egypt. At this time, another of Alexander's Dioduchis, the general Seleucus, was the commander of the Greek forces and had the most authority after the regent Perdiccas. He assisted Ptolemy in killing Perdiccas. He then established his rule in Babylon in 312 BC.

Meanwhile, in 321 BC, Chandragupta Maurya, a rebel prince of the Nanda dynasty, had established his own kingdom in India. He conquered the capital of the Nanda Kingdom, Pataliputra i.e. present-day Patna (Bihar) and made it his base. He named his dynasty the Mauryan Empire. After consolidating his empire in India, Chandragupta turned to the regions along the Indus River. By 317 BC he had conquered all the territories that Alexander had acquired and were now in the possession of his successors. Since this area was under the control of Seleucids, he left Babylon with an army to fight Chandragupta Maurya.

Historians say that Chandragupta prepared an army of 600,000 warriors and 9000 war elephants for this war. The Seleucids crossed the Indus River to confront Chandragupta Maurya, but later the two were reconciled. Under this peace treaty, Chandragupta received a vast territory west of the Indus River, which included the Hindu Kush, modern-day Afghanistan, and the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

It is generally believed that as part of this agreement, Chandragupta married Seleucus' daughter, or a Macedonian princess, as a gift from Seleucus to formalize the alliance. In return, Chandragupta sent the Seleucids 500 war elephants which played a decisive role in the subsequent wars of the Seleucids.

It is said that the name of this princess was Helen and the town of Helan is named after her.

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