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]

The Yavana Era, or Yona (Prakrit: Yoṇaṇa vaṣaye) [2] was a computational era used in the Indian subcontinent from the 2nd century BCE for several centuries thereafter, probably starting in 174 BCE.

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 wa...

Yavana kingdom alongside other locations of kingdoms and republics mentioned in the Indian epics or Bharata Khanda. The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit, were used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers.

According to Indian sources, Greek ("Yavana") troops seem to have assisted Chandragupta Maurya in toppling the Nanda Dynasty and founding the Maurya Empire. By around 312 B.C.E. Chandragupta had established his rule in large parts of the northwestern Indian territories.

Yavana, in early Indian literature, either a Greek or another foreigner. The word appears in Achaemenian (Persian) inscriptions in the forms Yauna and Ia-ma-nu and referred to the Ionian Greeks of Asia Minor, who were conquered by the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great in 545 bc.

Jan 25, 2025 · The Indo-Greek Kingdom (also known as Yavanas) primarily ruled in the northwestern region including various parts of modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwest India. Indo-Greeks ruled from three areas – one branch from Bactria (Afghanistan), the second from Taxila, and the third from Sakla (Sialkot).

The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known historically as the Yavana Kingdom, was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of Afghanistan, the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent, (all of present Pakistan), and a small part of Iran; from 180 B.C.E. to around 10 C.E.

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.

Yavana Kingdom is a Pali name for the region that extended from north-west India into Afghanistan. Yavana Kingdom was grouped under western countries which also included Sindhu, Madra, Kekeya, Gandhara and Kamboja as mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. This word was used to indicate the Greeks and the Arabs in later history.