campaign, ancient

Cophen Campaign

Name: Cophen Campaign
Location: Swat District, Pakistan

Cophen Campaign was a campaign fought in 327 BC at Swat District, in what is now Pakistan; it ran into the following year. It was part of the Indo-Greek wars, which ran from 326 BC to 180 BC. The recorded result: Macedonian victory.

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Fought327 BCran into the following year

WhereSwat District, Pakistan35.200N, 72.483E

OutcomeMacedonian victory

BelligerentsMacedon; League of CorinthagainstAśvaka; Guraeans

Part ofIndo-Greek warsIndian campaign of Alexander the Great

Where it sits in the Indo-Greek wars

5 placed engagements of the Indo-Greek wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	327 BC (year precision) to 326 BC
Place	Swat District, Pakistan 35.200N, 72.483E
Kind	Campaign, ancient
Territorial change	Hellenic conquest of the Cophen country, modern Kunar, Panjkora, and Swat valleys.
Commanders	Alexander the Great Craterus Perdiccas Ptolemy I Soter Leonnatus	Cleophis Abisares

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Malakand 1897, 103 km SW
Battle of Maravar Pass 1985, 121 km W
Battle of Hasan Abdal 1813, 155 km S
Battle of Peshawar 1001, 156 km SW
Battle of Attock 1813, 160 km S

In the same war

Before: Indian campaign of Alexander the Great 327 BC
After: Siege of Aornos 326 BC
All 5 engagements of Indo-Greek wars

Elsewhere in 327 BC

Siege of the Sogdian Rock Tajikistan
Capture of Neapolis Italy

Cophen Campaign is one of 143 engagements of the 4th century BC in the atlas and one of 76 in present-day Pakistan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5168559, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Cophen campaign, revision 1370613555, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.