Yavanas

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Yavanas were ancient foreign peoples—often identified with Greeks and other Western traders—who interacted extensively with South India through maritime commerce and cultural exchange.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yavanas canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people ⓘ
ethnonym ⓘ
foreign traders ⓘ
associatedWith Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
Roman–Indian trade ⓘ
maritime trade with South India ⓘ
connectedVia Arabian Sea trade routes ⓘ
Red Sea trade routes ⓘ
describedAs foreigners in Indian texts ⓘ
seafaring merchants ⓘ
documentedIn Greco-Roman accounts of India ⓘ
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea ⓘ
engagedIn cultural exchange with South India ⓘ
maritime commerce ⓘ
ethnonymUsedBy ancient Indians ⓘ
hadPortsAt Arikamedu ⓘ
Muziris ⓘ
hadSettlementsIn South India ⓘ
influenced South Indian material culture ⓘ
coinage in parts of India ⓘ
knownForTrading glassware ⓘ
gold ⓘ
luxury goods ⓘ
silver ⓘ
wine ⓘ
languageAssociated Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn Pali Buddhist texts ⓘ
Sanskrit literature ⓘ
Tamil Sangam literature ⓘ
linked to: Sangam literature

ancient Indian inscriptions ⓘ
originRegion Hellenistic world ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period

Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to: Mediterranean
perceivedAs barbarians in some Indian texts ⓘ
wealthy traders in South Indian tradition ⓘ
refersTo Greeks in ancient Indian sources ⓘ
Hellenistic peoples in ancient Indian texts ⓘ
Western foreigners in South Asian literature ⓘ
relatedTerm Ionians ⓘ
Yona ⓘ
religionAmong Greek polytheism ⓘ
roleIn Indo-Mediterranean trade ⓘ
timePeriod early centuries CE ⓘ
late centuries BCE ⓘ
tradedWith Cheras ⓘ
linked to: Chera dynasty

Cholas ⓘ
linked to: Chola dynasty

Pandyas ⓘ
linked to: Pandya dynasty

South Indian polities ⓘ
Tamil kingdoms ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pattinappālai → mentions → Yavanas ⓘ
Kambojas → neighboringPeoples → Yavanas ⓘ