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Meanwhile, the Yavana chief of the fort hears of the queen's presence in Poompuhar. He sets out to capture Ilanchezhiyan and Hippalaas for taking the queen. Ilanchezhiyan escapes the Yavana soldiers, using the queen as a hostage. With his sword on her back, he rides away into the thick forest on his white Arabic horse. Tiberius, a great naval ...
Rani (Sinhala: රාණි) is an upcoming Sri Lankan Sinhalese biographical drama thriller film directed by Asoka Handagama and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah for Lyca Productions. It stars Swarna Mallawarachchi in the lead titular role along with Rehan Amaratunga, Sanath Gunathilake , Sajitha Anthony , Bimal Jayakody , Ashan Dias , Mayura ...
The "Yavana cave", Cave No.17 of Pandavleni Caves, near Nashik (2nd century AD) The "Yavana" inscription on the back wall of the veranda, Cave No.17, Nashik. Cave No.17 has one inscription, mentioning the gift of the cave by Indragnidatta the son of the Yavana (i.e. Greek or Indo-Greek) Dharmadeva: "Success!
The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit, were used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for " Ionians " ( Ancient Greek : Ἴωνες < Ἰάoνες < *Ἰάϝoνες ), who were probably the first Greeks to be known in India.
Unable to defeat Krishna on his own, Jarasandha made an alliance with Kalayavana. Kalayavana had become a powerful Yavana warrior, who had gotten a boon from Shiva that on the battlefield, he would be unbeatable. [7] Krishna, in order to defend his people, built a formidable city, named Dvaraka, to which he transported the inhabitants of ...
Numerous Puranic texts associate the Parada Kingdom with the Kamboja, Saka, Yavana and Pahlava tribes, and brand them together as Panca-ganah ("five hordes"). These five hordes were military allies of the Haihaya or Taljunga Kshatriyas of the Yadava line, and were chiefly responsible for dethroning King Bahu of Kosala. Later, King Sagara, son ...
The inscription is in Brahmi script, and is significant because it mentions that it was made in Year 116 of the Yavanarajya ("Kingdom of the Yavanas"), and proves the existence of a "Yavana era" in ancient India. [7] It may mean that Mathura was a part of a Yavana dominion, probably Indo-Greek, at the time the inscription was created. [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version ... (Brahmi: Tuṣāspha) was a "Yavana raja" (Greek King or Governor) for ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...