Conquerors from distant lands Indo Greek


 
 
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Conquerors from distant lands Indo Greek

Conquerors from Distant Lands: The last Mauryan ruler was overthrown by Pushyamitra Sunga in 185 BCE. He established the Sunga dynasty in the east. In the Deccan, the Kanwas; and in central India the Satavahanas established their authority. At this time ,north -western India was conquered by an number of rulling dynasties from Central Asia.

The Indo-Greeks or the Bactrian Greeks: The Bactrian Greeks moved into the south of the Hindu Kush area by the early 2nd century BCE. Indo-Greeks are these groups of these Bactrian Greeks that ruled over north-western India between the 2nd century BCE and early 1st century CE.  One reason for the eclipse of the Mauryan dynasty was the arrival of the Bactrian Greeks.

Parthia - Khorasan and the adjoining region to the south-east of the Caspian Sea and Bactria, the region around Balkh in the northern Afghanistan were two districts of Iran that were under the Greeks. The most renowned Indo-Greek ruler was Menander or Milinda (165-145 BCE), who conquered territories up to Pataliputra.

The Indo-Greek rulers were the earliest to issue gold coins in India, and this became a common custom among succeeding rulers over the centuries yet another significant contribution of Greek rule was the introduction of a new school of art in then north-western part of India - a blend of Greek and Indian styles- which was popularly known as the Gandhara style.

 
 


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