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The Hellenistic world view just before the Indo-Greek conquests. India appears fully formed, with the Ganges and Palibothra (Pataliputra) in the east.(19th-century reconstruction of the ancient world map of Eratosthenes (276–194 BCE).
Some narrative history has survived for most of the Hellenistic world, at least of the kings and the wars; [82] this is lacking for India. The main Greco-Roman source on the Indo-Greeks is Justin , who wrote an anthology drawn from the Roman historian Pompeius Trogus , who in turn wrote, from Greek sources, at the time of Augustus Caesar . [ 83 ]
Hellenistic satrapies in ancient India after Alexander. Alexander left behind Greek forces which established themselves in the city of Taxila, now in Pakistan. Several generals, such as Eudemus and Peithon governed the newly established province until around 316 BC. One of them, Sophytes (305–294 BC), was an independent Indian prince in the ...
The Yavana Ganika (Greek Ganika) was a common sight in India (Gaṇikā in India was similar to a Hetaira in the Greek world). These girls were also trained in the theatrical arts. [28] [29] The Indian theater had adopted some elements of Greek comedy. [30] Kalidasa mention the Yayanis (Greek maidens) in his work. [31]
Various Indian artefacts tend to suggest some Perso-Hellenistic artistic influence in India, mainly felt during the time of the Mauryan Empire. [1] The sculpture of the Masarh lion , found near the Maurya capital of Pataliputra , raises the question of the Achaemenid and Greek influence on the art of the Maurya Empire , and on the western ...
Greece and the Aegean World c. 200 BC. During the Hellenistic period, the importance of Greece proper within the Greek-speaking world declined sharply. The great centers of Hellenistic culture were Alexandria and Antioch, capitals of Ptolemaic Egypt and Seleucid Syria respectively. The conquests of Alexander greatly widened the horizons of the ...
It was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of Afghanistan and the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent (parts of modern-day Pakistan and northwestern India). The kingdom was founded when the Graeco-Bactrian king Demetrius (and later Eucratides ) invaded India from Bactria in 200 BCE.
In 1858, Allahabad (now Prayagraj) became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of North-Western Provinces. [3] During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India. [4] By the latter half of the 19th century, Shimla had become the summer capital. [5]