15 Facts About Indo-Greeks

The Indo-Greeks ultimately disappeared as a political entity around 10 AD following the invasions of the Indo-Scythians, although pockets of Greek populations probably remained for several centuries longer under the subsequent rule of the Indo-Parthians and Kushans.

Indo-Greeks got in his court for marriage the daughter of Seleucus Nicator, Berenice, and thus, he mixed the Indians and the Greeks.

Indo-Greeks's advances were ultimately reclaimed by the Indo-Greek king Menander I,.

Indo-Greeks is described in the Milinda Panha as a convert to Buddhism and that he became an arhat whose relics were enshrined in a manner reminiscent of a Buddha.

Indo-Greeks introduced a new coin type, with Athena Alkidemos on the reverse, which was adopted by most of his successors in the East.

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Indo-Greeks describes Greek cities there, one of them called Demetrias, probably in honour of the conqueror Demetrius.

From numismatic, literary and epigraphic evidence, it seems that the Indo-Greeks had control over Mathura during the period between 185 BCE and 85 BCE, and especially during the rule of Menander I .

Indo-Greeks introduced a new coin type, with Athena Alkidemos on the reverse, which was adopted by most of his successors in the East.

Indo-Greeks has the role of a dvarapala, a Guardian of the entrance of the Stupa.

Around 80 BC, an Indo-Scythian king named Maues, possibly a general in the service of the Indo-Greeks, ruled for a few years in northwestern India before the Indo-Greeks again took control.

Indo-Greeks seems to have been married to an Indo-Greek princess named Machene.

In Indian literature, the Indo-Greeks are described as Yavanas, or Yonas both thought to be transliterations of "Ionians".

In general, the art of the Indo-Greeks is poorly documented, and few works of art are directly attributed to them.

The coinage of the Indo-Greeks however is generally considered some of the most artistically brilliant of Antiquity.

The legacy of the Indo-Greeks was felt however for several centuries, from the usage of the Greek language and calendrical methods, to the influences on the numismatics of the Indian subcontinent, traceable down to the period of the Gupta Empire in the 4th century.