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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 ]
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).
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Although the political power of the Greeks had waned in the north, mainly due to nomadic invasions, trade relations between the Mediterranean and India continued for several centuries. The trade started by Eudoxus of Cyzicus in 130 BCE kept on increasing, and according to Strabo (II.5.12), by the time of Augustus , up to 120 ships were setting ...
Pactyice (Πακτϋική), a district of North-Western India. [121] Triglyphon was the metropolis and royal residence of Cirrhadia (the modern Tipperah). [122] Palimbothra (Παλιμβόθρα) was one of the most important cities in India. [123]
Indo-Corinthian capitals are capitals crowning columns or pilasters, which can be found in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, and usually combine Hellenistic and Indian elements. These capitals are typically dated to the first centuries of the Common Era , and constitute an important aspect of Greco-Buddhist art .