Ancient Greek Kingdom in India

The video was made by our friend Cogito, while the script was researched and written by Leo Stone.

Sources:
Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Retrieved from Menander: Indo-Greek King
Mairs, R. (2014). Project Muse: The Hellenistic Far East. University of California Press.
Middleton, J. (2004). Indo-Greek Kingdoms. In J. Middleton, World Monarchies and Dynasties (pp. 437-441). New York: Routledge.
Narain, A. (1957). The Indo-Greeks. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Pesala, B. (2001). The Debate of King Milinda. Alperton: Motilal Banarsidass.
Strabo. (n.d.). 11.11. In Strabo, Geographies. From Perseus Project

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[christosgiannopoulos]

A city that combines classical Greek and Indian architecture. I can only imagine how beautiful it must have been.

[nikolaostouloumis]

I have to say to Indians friends thank you for being so friendly with Greeks. Greetings from a Greek man and respect to you. Long live India🇮🇳🇬🇷

[kamilszadkowski]

Quite bizarre kingdoms and yet they often go completely unnoticed even by history enthusiasts.
Thanks for bringing them to our attention.
They kind of reminds me of the state of Jaxa, a country located between Russia and China established by Polish nobleman Nicefor Czernichowski. Probably even more unknown.

[johnvardakis]

A visit I had in India when I was a merchant mariner I felt in love with the country and the friendly people
I was treated like a family member just because I was a Greek
🇬🇷❤️🇮🇳 JAI HIND

[nagumosdilemma]

Those 500 elephants given by Chandragupta played decisive role in Seleucid victory against Antegonus In battle of Ipsus!!

[dominicperez]

Alexander really liked naming places after himself.

[richardlegarda]

Its also interesting to see that there were even Greek mercenaries operating as far as Sri Lanka during this time frame as well. Quite the travelers these ancient Greeks.

[jatin]

As an Indian, I'm always fascinated by the incredible kingdoms we had way back 2000 years ago. On top of that having Greek kingdoms on the borders is so cool. If only these cultural ties remained today :(

[asicdathens]

The Buddhas of Afghanistan that were blown by the Taliban, were either made by Greek stonemasons or people trained by Greek stonemasons. Their destruction was extremely saddening event

[wenjizeng]

Modern people: The Infinity War was the most ambitious crossover in history ever.

Alexander the Great's Diadochis: hold our wines

[LeoWarrior]

This one was a hard one to research. Did you know that there is surviving documentation for the Indo-Greek King Zoisos II, but none for Zoisos I? Its a mysterious and largely unknown part of history.

[ayan]

Love Greece from India both country strong ancient relationship

[nintervawaming]

Buddhist Greeks in India god History is so interesting

[LucasDimoveo]

One of the coolest crossovers in history

[onelove]

wow my father ancestor belong to the Indus valley region Sindh area wow and he loved Greece we lived in Greece over 25 year now I know my connection.

[nitinsehgalnavi]

near my city in Punjab there is a place where it is known that Alexander's soilders threw up arms because they wanted to go home and were devastated by alexander's conquest...till this date it is considered an Omen to take the name of place in the morning....it's called Rahon.

[lukasbelov]

I never imagined that a Greek Hindu culture could exist. Literally the most fascinating thing

[peymanmostafaei]

Those elephants later became Selucus's trump card against Antigonus in the Battle of Ipsus.

[RICO_SUAVE__]

Greeks who converted to Buddhism 🤔 I swear I learn something new everyday ☺️

[sagnikjana]

Fun fact: in the Darbar hall of the rashtrapati bhavan (the Indian presidential palace) there is a statue of lord Buddha dating to about 4th century ad. The statue was discovered near the gandhara region (modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan). It bears striking resemblance with the sculptures of classical rome and Greece.