East of Hydaspes: Alexander's Conquest of China

Alexander the Great died in 323BC.
There is some debate as to the lifetime of Sun Tzu.
Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Records of the Historian, completed sometime after
100BC, records that Sun Wu from the state of Chi completed his Art Of
War at the end of the 6th Century BC.
Chinese scholars have questioned this, and most agree it could not have
been written this early.
Samuel B Griffith's studies suggest the 4th Century BC. Maspero believes
it was written in the 3rd Century BC.
I have used a later date ...