Indo-Greek Kingdom
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The Indo-Greek Kingdom, also known as the Yavana Kingdom, were Hellenistic-era Greek kingdoms in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent covering most of modern-day Pakistan, parts of northwe
Greatest extent of the kingdom (2nd-century BCE)
Coin of Hippostratos
Pataliputra Palace capital, showing Greek and Persian influence, early Mauryan Empire period, 3rd century BC.
Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription (Greek and Aramaic) by king Ashoka, from Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Indo-Scythian Kingdom
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The Indo-Scythians, also known as Indo-Sakas, were a group of nomadic people of Iranic Scythian origin who migrated from Central Asia southward into the present-day regions of Afghanistan, eastern Ira
Indo-Greek Kingdom
…ruler Antiochus III. The ethnicity of later Indo-Greek rulers is sometimes less clear. For example, Artemidoros (80 BC) was supposed to have been of Indo-Scythian descent, although he is now seen as a regular Indo-Greek king. Menander I, being the most well known amongst the Indo-Greek kings, is often referred…
Sculpted head of a Saka warrior, enemy of the Yuezhi, from Khalchayan in northern Bactria (Afghanistan), first century BCE.
Detail of one of the Orlat plaques, apparently representing Scythian soldiers
Asia in 100 BCE, showing the Saka and their neighbors
A coin of the Indo-Scythian king Azes