The Indo-Greek Kingdom, also known as the Yavana Kingdom, [a] was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India. [4][5][6][7][8][9]

Ancient Greek knowledge of and interest in India hugely increased following the conquests of Alexander the Great and his campaign in northern India between 327–25 BCE.

In ancient times, trade between the Indian subcontinent and Greece flourished with silk, spices and gold being traded. The Greeks invaded South Asia several times, starting with the conquest of Alexander the Great and later with the Indo-Greek Kingdom.

Aug 7, 2024 · Alexander’s Macedonian Greeks helped the Indian Mauryas to defeat the Nandas, the Kings of the most prominent Indian city of Pataliputra—now Patna in Bihar—and helped …

Apr 28, 2011 · Between 190 BCE and circa 165 BCE, Greek possessions in India were divided between several Euthydemid kings which fought among themselves and their Greco-Bactrian neighbors. These kingdoms extended to Western Punjab and had Indians of …

Jan 25, 2025 · The Indo-Greeks were Bactrian Greeks who settled in northwestern India after Alexander's death. They ruled between the 2nd and early 1st centuries BCE.

Nov 3, 2022 · Let us now understand the historical connections between ancient India and ancient Greece. The Greek expedition towards Persia leads to the advent of Greeks in India during the period from the 6 th Century BC to the 5 th Century AD. They came to India as merchants and traded to the Malabar Coast of Coromandel.

The Indo-Greek Kingdom or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, and historically known as Yavanarajya (Kingdom of Yavanas), was a Hellenistic kingdom spanning modern-day Afghanistan and the classical circumscriptions of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent (northern Pakistan and northwestern India), which existed during the last two centuries BC and ...

Aug 22, 2023 · The Indo-Greek empire, also called the Graeco-Indian Kingdom or Yavana Kingdom (Yavanarajya) historically, was a Hellenistic-era Greek empire that included diverse regions of contemporary Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwest India.

Numerous elements of Greek mythology and iconography, introduced in northwestern India by the Indo-Greeks through their coinage at the very least, were then adopted throughout Asia within a Buddhist context, especially along the Silk Road.