Could Alexander have conquered the Nanda Empire?

The Three Sisters are the Mûvendhāram also known as the Three Glorified Kingdoms of the World. AKA, the Pandya, Chola and Chera dynasties. The former are attested to be as old 8th century BC while the youngest, the Cheras were ‘only’ founded in the 6th century. Basically these guys were old by the time of the Buddha and were three dynasties of unbroken lineage. The Pallavas were also close to joining their ranks but the Mauryans fully annexed the Kingdom of Andhra.

A comparison with Egypt would be valid by Egyptian dynasties changed every two centuries or so (I think. I don’t know much beyond Ptolemaic Egypt) whereas the Three Kingdoms were more comparable to the Yamato of Japan.
The Satavahana Empire did not exist at the time of Alexander's invasion. They rose after the fall of the Mauryan Empire. The three South Indian kingdoms of Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras were very old and they were contemporaries of the Mauryan Empire and older than the Mauryas. The three kingdoms lasted for fifteen or sixteen centuries after the fall of the Mauryas with occasional rises and declines. Among the three only the Cholas spread out of the confines of South India to spread their influence out into Southeast Asian countries like present day Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia etc.The Cholas had conquered the present day SriLanka and fought against the Srivijaya kingdom of Indonesian archipelago.The Cholas had a powerful navy.
 
The Satavahana Empire did not exist at the time of Alexander's invasion. They rose after the fall of the Mauryan Empire. The three South Indian kingdoms of Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras were very old and they were contemporaries of the Mauryan Empire and older than the Mauryas. The three kingdoms lasted for fifteen or sixteen centuries after the fall of the Mauryas with occasional rises and declines. Among the three only the Cholas spread out of the confines of South India to spread their influence out into Southeast Asian countries like present day Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia etc.The Cholas had conquered the present day SriLanka and fought against the Srivijaya kingdom of Indonesian archipelago.The Cholas had a powerful navy.

...I know.

Refer to my first post for that. Urbanisation in the Deccan started with the Mauryans.
 
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