Indo-Greek Kingdom

Indo-Greek Kingdom was a state in Indus, Punjab and Kashmir (South Asia) that lasted from c. 200 BCE to 10 CE, about 209 years. Its people spoke Greek languages (Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic, Byzantine, modern Greek).

Greek kings from Bactria who crossed into Gandhara and Punjab. Menander I, remembered in Buddhist texts as Milinda, raided deep into the Ganges plain; Scythian and Yuezhi invasions whittled the kingdom down to nothing.

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Facts

Dates

c. 200 BCE to 10 CE

Duration

209 years

Type

State

Region

Indus, Punjab and Kashmir, South Asia

Language family

Greek

Capital

Taxila, Sagala (Sialkot)

Came from

• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom c. 256 to 120 BCE

Neighbours in South Asia

• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE
• Anuradhapura Kingdom 377 BCE to 1017 CE
• Satavahana dynasty c. 100 BCE to 220 CE
• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom c. 256 to 120 BCE
• Shunga Empire 185 to 73 BCE
• Early Cholas c. 300 BCE to 300 CE
• Early Cheras c. 300 BCE to 300 CE
• Yaudheya confederacy c. 200 BCE to 350 CE
• Early Pandyas c. 300 BCE to 250 CE
• Kuninda Kingdom c. 200 BCE to 300 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia

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