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2. Indo-Greeks. The Greeks were known as Yavanas in the Indian literature. They were the rulers of Bactria, lying south of the Oxus in the area covered by north of Afghanistan. The Greeks of Bactria were originally Satraps (subordinate rulers) of the Seleucid empire of West Asia.
Yavana, in early Indian literature, either a Greek or another foreigner. The word appears in Achaemenian (Persian) inscriptions in the forms Yauna and Ia-ma-nu and referred to the Ionian Greeks of Asia Minor, who were conquered by the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great in 545 bc.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
One of the earliest Indian writings on astronomy and astrology, titled the Yavanajataka or "The Saying of the Greeks", is a translation from Greek to Sanskrit made by "Yavanesvara" ("Lord of the Greeks") in 149–150 CE under the rule of the Indo-Scythian king Rudrakarman I of the Western Satraps.
Apr 28, 2011 · Definition. The first Indo- Greek kingdom appeared circa 190 BCE may when the Greco-Bactrian king or (general for his father) Demetrios was busy in India, when his Indian possessions were divided between several kings, probably firstly in order to better govern them but then due to civil war. The term “Indo-Greek” is generally used because ...
- Antoine Simonin
The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known historically as the Yavana Kingdom (Yavanarajya), [4] was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] This kingdom was in existence from c. 200 BC to c. 10 AD.
Sep 22, 2011 · Indo-Greek literature did exist, but none has been found that speaks about the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek states. Classical authors tell us very little about Indo-Greek kingdoms, as they were far away from the Mediterranean world, cut off from other Greeks by the mighty Parthian state.
Contents. Indo-Greek kingdom. Asian history. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of India. In Bactria. …India, where they established the Indo-Greek branch of the kingdom. At the height of their power they ruled almost all of what is now Afghanistan, parts of Central Asia, and a large area in what is now Pakistan.
