Indo-Greek Kingdoms

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The Indo-Greek Kingdoms were a series of Hellenistic states in northwestern South Asia, formed by Greek rulers who blended Greek and Indian cultures between roughly the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic kingdom
ancient state
historical polity
continent Asia
culturalInfluence Gandharan art
Greco-Buddhist art
Indian coinage iconography
currency silver drachm
tetradrachm
endTime 1st century CE
ethnicComposition Greeks
Indians
Iranians
linked to: Iranian peoples
follows Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
hasCapital Bactra
linked to: Bactria

Pushkalavati
Sagala
Taxila
knownFor bilingual coinage
fusion of Greek and Indian culture
support of Buddhism by some rulers
languageUsed Greek language
Prakrit
locatedIn Bactria
Gandhara
Punjab region
linked to: Punjab

northwestern South Asia
neighbor Indo-Parthian Kingdom
linked to: Indo-Parthians

Indo-Scythians
Maurya Empire
Shunga Empire
notableEvent conquests of Demetrius I into India
reign of Menander I
notableRuler Agathocles of Bactria
Antialcidas
Apollodotus I
Demetrius I of Bactria
Heliocles II
Menander I
Strato I
partOf Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
predecessor Seleucid Empire
religion Buddhism
Greek polytheism
Hinduism
source archaeological evidence
numismatic evidence
startTime 2nd century BCE
successor Indo-Parthian Kingdom
linked to: Indo-Parthians

Indo-Scythians
Kushan Empire

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Hellenistic kingdoms hasPart Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Hellenistic period hasPart Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Kushan Empire follows Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Charsadda historicalEra Indo-Greek period
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Gandhara civilization underRuleOf Indo-Greek kingdoms
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Alexandria in Arachosia underRuleOf Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom followedBy Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom influenced Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Ancient India hasPart Indo-Greek kingdoms
subject linked to: ancient India
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts period Indo-Greek period
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Bactrians neighboringPeople Indo-Greeks
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Kharoṣṭhī script usedByPolity Indo-Greek kingdoms
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Shunga Empire successorState Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Shunga Empire militaryConflict Indo-Greek invasions
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Shunga Empire borderedBy Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Taxila significantPeriod Indo-Greek Kingdom
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Barikot hasArchaeologicalLayerFromPeriod Indo-Greek period
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Kujula Kadphises influencedBy Indo-Greek Kingdom
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Indo-Scythian Kingdoms predecessor Indo-Greek Kingdom
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Indo-Scythian Kingdoms conflictWith Indo-Greek Kingdom
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Pushkalavati flourishedDuring Indo-Greek period
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Bala Hisar (Charsadda) associatedWithCulture Indo-Greek culture
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Shaikhan Dheri associatedWithPeriod Indo-Greek period
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Empire of Alexander the Great successor Indo-Greek Kingdom
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Arachosia partOf Indo-Greek Kingdom
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms