Siege of Pura (258 BC)

The siege of Pura was a siege fought during the Mauryan Civil War.

Pura was an import Mauryan border fortress which offered stiff resistance against the Seleukid invasion of the Mauryan Empire. It's resistance was however irrelevant for the course of the war, as Antiochos I decided to bypass the fortress, and harsh desert behind it, by committing to a naval invasion of Patalene.