The Fall Legacy of Indo Greeks, Episode 6 History of Post Mauryan India: The Indo Greek Empire
Support us on Corrections in the video: 1. 01:28 to 01:48 location of Bactria is marked wrong 2. 02:41 to 03:21 The text on the map should read IndoGreek Kingdoms (the various kingdoms were probably independent of each other) Summary and More Information on the topic: IndoGreek rule in India started around 180BCE and ended by 10CE. Although Greeks were present in India from the arrival of Alexander in 326BCE and remained in India in form of traders, merchants, artisans, mercenaries, servants, and many other forms. We see their mentions in Indian literature even centuries after the fall of the last IndoGreek king. Euthydemus had killed Diodotus II in c. 230 BCE. Later, one of Diodotus relatives, Eucratides I, tried to revive the Diodotid Dynasty in c. 171 BCE. At the time, IndoGreek Empire under Menander I had an expanse spanning from Bactria to Pataliputra. Eucratides declared himself king of Bactria when Menan
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