The Graeco-Indian Kingdom or the Indo-Greek Kingdom, also historically known in native terminology as the Yavana Kingdom (Yavanarajya) was Greek-Kingdom founded in the Hellenistic-era expanding over different parts of Afghanistan and the then northwest and northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. The Empire was an eventual successor state following the invasion of Alexander and Greek Settlements in the region and flourished during the last 2 B.C. Era and had a dynasty of over Thirty Kings ruling during its span. During their rule Indo-Greek symbiosis took place in ideas as well as in languages and symbols. This period also lead the foundation of a cultural syncretism of ancient Greek Art and Buddhism and manifested into the Gandhra Art or Greco-Buddhist Art. The Kingdom was founded with the invasion of India by Graeco-Bactrian king Demetrius (and later Eucratides) from Bactria in 200 BC. There was an eventual division between the Greeks in the Indian Subcontinent with the Graeco-Bactrians being centered on Bactria (now the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan), and the Indo-Greeks in the then north-western Indian Subcontinent. Of all the Indo-Greek Kings, Menander (Milinda) was the most notable one. He ruled from his Cpaital City at Sakala in Punjab (modern-day Sialkot). In some way, the term Indo-Greek is often used in generic way with their traditional association with many regional Capital cities of Taxila (in modern day Punjab), Pushkalavati and Sagala. Geographia of Ptolemy and other names obtained related to the later Kings also suggest that a possible Theophila was also a Satrapal or Royal Seat of Power, located to the South of the Indo-Greek sphere of influence. [Images: 1) Seated Buddha in Hellenistic Style, found in Tapa Shotor, Afghanistan, 2nd C.E 2) A Buddhist Monument being Supported by the Titan Atlas, found in Tapa Shotor, Afghanistan 3) The Story of the Trojan Horse being depicted in the Gandhara Art. ] [Info and Image Credit :: Indo-Greek_Kingdom , Greco-Buddhist_art , Wikipedia ; Images Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and Public Domain Work (Please Check Individual Image-URLs for All Usage Details) ] [Image URLs : 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tapa_Shotor_seated_Buddha_(Niche_V1).jpg 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GandharanAtlas.JPG 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndoGreeksTrojanHorse.jpg ]
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