The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known historically as the Yavana Kingdom (Yavanarajya), was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering...
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The History of the Indo-Greek Kingdom covers a period from the 2nd century BCE to the beginning of the 1st century CE in northern and northwestern Indian...
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century AD) Coin Indo-Greek Kingdom Indo-Sasanians Indo-Scythians Kushan Empire Yuezhi Pahlavas Kambojas "As a result, the Indo-Greek kingdom emerged to the...
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The legacy of the Indo-Greeks starts with the formal end of the Indo-Greek Kingdom from the 1st century, as the Greek communities of central Asia and...
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Within the Indo-Greek Kingdom there were over 30 kings, often in competition on different territories. Many of them are only known through their coins...
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Indo-Greek art Indo-Greek art is the art of the Indo-Greeks, who reigned from circa 200 BCE in areas of Bactria and the Indian subcontinent. Initially...
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was contemporaneous with the Indo-Greek Kingdoms there, and they apparently initially recognized the power of the local Greek rulers. Maues first conquered...
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the Classical pantheon of the Greek deities found on their coins (e.g., Zeus, Herakles, Athena, Apollo), the Indo-Greeks were involved with local faiths...
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Asia. Along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom in the Indian subcontinent, it was the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world. The kingdom was founded c. 256...
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Theophilus Dicaeus (Ancient Greek: Θεόφιλος Δίκαιος, romanized: Theophilos Dikaios) was a minor Indo-Greek king who ruled for a short time in the Paropamisadae...
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Crimea, Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, Greeks in Egypt, Greeks in Syria, Greeks in Malta), Greek Kingdoms of Hellenistic period, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Greco-Bactrian...
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century BCE) Indo-Greek Kingdom "A Maharaja named Amoghabhuti, who was the Raja of the Kunindas, is known from coins of the Indo-Greek module with legends...
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Nicias (Greek: Νικίας, Nikías; r. 90 – 85 BC) was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the Paropamisade. Most of his relatively few coins have been found in...
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Shunga Empire (category Empires and kingdoms of India)
indigenous powers. They fought the Kalinga, the Satavahana dynasty, the Indo-Greek Kingdom and possibly the Panchalas and Mitras of Mathura. Art, education,...
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Hellenistic period (redirect from Hellenism (Greek culture))
South Asia (Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Indo-Greek Kingdom). This resulted in an influx of Greek colonists and the export of Greek culture and language to these...
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of their rule, the Indo-Greek kings combined the Greek and Indian languages and symbols, as seen on their coins, and blended Greek, Hindu and Buddhist...
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of Alexander the Great and later with the Indo-Greek Kingdom. A legendary account states that when the Greek God Bacchus/Dionysus grew up, he discovered...
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established the Indo-Greek Kingdom. After the death of Menander I in 130 BC, multiple Indo-Greek kingdoms ruled various territories in the region. Indo-Scythians...
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Maurya Empire (category Ancient empires and kingdoms of India)
parts of northwestern India around 180 BCE, forming the Indo-Greek Kingdom. The Indo-Greeks would maintain holdings on the trans-Indus region, and make...
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Apollodotus I (category Indo-Greek kings)
Apollodotus I (Greek: Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ, "Apollodotus the Savior"; Prakrit: translit. Apaladata) was an Indo-Greek king between 180 BC and 160 BC...
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Bactria (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
Diodotus I; thus began the history of the Greco-Bactrian, and later the Indo-Greek, Kingdoms. By the second century BC, Bactria was conquered by the Parthian...
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History of Afghanistan (section Indo-Greek Kingdom)
last Indo-Greek kings (Strato II and Strato III) were defeated in c. 10 CE. The Indo-Greek Kingdom was succeeded by the Indo-Scythians. The Indo-Scythians...
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Ancient Greece (Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries...
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the history of the Indo-Greeks are few and disparate, leading to much uncertainty about the precise state of the Indo-Greek kingdom and its chronology...
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center of knowledge grew stronger under the Maurya Empire and Greek rule (Indo-Greeks) in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. In the early centuries CE it...
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Greco-Bactrian Kingdom under Diodotid dynasty Indo-Greek Kingdom under Euthydemid dynasty Other Greek states: Epirus under Aeacidae In the Middle Ages, Greek Empire...
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Pushyamitra Shunga's Ashvamedha Yajna and for defeating forces of the Indo-Greek Kingdom along the banks of the Sindhu River. His achievements are mentioned...
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History of Pakistan (section Indo-Greek Kingdom)
Bactria and relocated to Gandhara, pushing the Indo-Greeks east of the Jhelum River. The last known Indo-Greek ruler was Theodamas, from the Bajaur area of...
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(230 BCE–220 CE) Kuninda Kingdom (c. 2600–350 CE) Shunga Empire (c. 185–73 BCE) Kanva dynasty (c. 73–26 BCE) Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BCE–10 CE) Kanva Empire...
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[citation needed] Buddhism became the prominent religion in the Indo-Greek Kingdoms. However, Greco-Buddhist art truly flowered and spread under the...
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