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Alexander III of Macedon ( 20 / 21 July 356 BC  10 / 11 June 323 BC ), commonly known as ___MASK51___ (" Aléxandros ho Mégas " ), was a king (" basileus ") of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty . Born in Pella in 356 BC , Alexander succeeded his father , ___MASK8___ , to the throne at the age of twenty . He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa , and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world , stretching from Greece to northwestern India . He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history ' s most successful military commanders . Audata ( Ancient Greek  ; ruled " c ." 359  336 ) was an Illyrian princess and later a Macedonian queen when she married ___MASK64___ in 359 BC . She was the daughter or niece of Bardyllis , the Illyrian king of the Dardanian State . In order to concentrate on the internal struggle necessary to secure his crown , Philip reaffirmed the treaty the Dardanians had imposed on Macedonia by force of arms and sealed the alliance with Bardyllis by his marriage of Audata . This action undoubtedly deterred a full - scale Dardanian invasion of Macedonia at a time when the country was most vulnerable . Philip immediately consolidated his power as a result , so much that he defeated Bardylis in a decisive battle in 358 BC . ___MASK64___ (" Phílippos II ho Makedn "; 382  336 BC ) was the king ( Basileus ) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from until his assassination in . He was a member of the Argead dynasty , the third son of King Amyntas III , and father of Alexander the Great and Philip III . Pella , is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia , Greece , best known as the historical capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon in the time of ___MASK51___ . On the site of the ancient city is the Archaeological Museum of Pella . Cynane ( Greek : K , Kynane or  , Kyna ; killed 323 BC ) was half - sister to ___MASK51___ , and daughter of ___MASK8___ by Audata , an Illyrian princess . Audata trained her daughter in riding , hunting , and fighting in the Illyrian tradition . Her father gave her in marriage to her cousin Amyntas , by whose death she was left a widow in 336 BC . In the following year Alexander promised her hand , as a reward for his services , to Langarus , king of the Agrianians , but the intended bridegroom became ill and died . Cynane continued unmarried , and employed herself in the education of her daughter , Adea or Eurydice , whom she is said to have trained , after the manner of her own education , in martial exercises . When her half brother Philip Arrhidaeus was chosen king in 323 BC , Cynane determined to marry Eurydice to him , and crossed over to Asia accordingly . Her influence was probably great , and her project alarmed Perdiccas and Antipater , the former of whom sent his brother Alcetas to meet her on her way and put her to death . Alcetas did so in defiance of the feelings of his troops , and Cynane met her doom with an undaunted spirit . Eurydice ' s wedding took place , but both daughter and son - in - law were eventually killed by Olympias . In 317 BC , Cassander , after defeating Olympias , buried Cynane with Eurydice and Arrhidaeus at Aegae , the royal burying - place . Polyaenus writes , `` Cynane , the daughter of Philip was famous for her military knowledge : she conducted armies , and in the field charged at the head of them . In an engagement with the Illyrians , she with her own hand slew Caeria their queen ; and with great slaughter defeated the Illyrian army . '' India , officially the Republic of India (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . India ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises ___MASK5___ Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad .