Why did he turn back, /his/?

Didn't want to risk his killstreak.

They were not worthy of superior greek learning, culture, and architecture

Because his army was sick of fighting so far away from home

>>3365619
Lol, nobody wanted that phoenician rip off culture

>>3365592
His men nearly staged a mutiny and he already had a huge territory to try and administer. He also would have faced more and more resistance in India.

>>3365592
Because his troops were home sick and they probably knew they were going to get wiped out in the next confrontation

>>3365592

Because he was ready to go after Carthage.

>>3365592
The overwhelming smell of poo and curry was too much for him to handle.

He feared the poo warrior.

Because most of the 30,000 men he left-facing home with were either dead or sick or exhausted. He was for marching on without them, and knee they would follow, but he could tell their hearts weren't in it anymore. You can't fight battles with troop morale at zero.

his troops were unsuited to the terrain in India