Indo-Greek Kingdoms

E96943

Hellenistic kingdom ancient state historical polity

The Indo-Greek Kingdoms were a series of Hellenistic states in northwestern South Asia, formed by Greek rulers who blended Greek and Indian cultures between roughly the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Indo-Greek Kingdoms canonical	8
Indo-Greek Kingdom	6
Indo-Greek period	5
Indo-Greek kingdoms	3
Indo-Greek culture	1
Indo-Greek invasions	1
Indo-Greeks	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic kingdom ⓘ ancient state ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Gandharan art ⓘ Greco-Buddhist art ⓘ Indian coinage iconography ⓘ
currency	silver drachm ⓘ tetradrachm ⓘ
endTime	1st century CE ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Greeks ⓘ Indians ⓘ Iranian peoples ⓘ surface form: Iranians
follows	Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ⓘ
hasCapital	Bactria ⓘ surface form: Bactra Pushkalavati ⓘ Sagala ⓘ Taxila ⓘ
knownFor	bilingual coinage ⓘ fusion of Greek and Indian culture ⓘ support of Buddhism by some rulers ⓘ
languageUsed	Greek language ⓘ Prakrit ⓘ
locatedIn	Bactria ⓘ Gandhara civilization ⓘ surface form: Gandhara Punjab ⓘ surface form: Punjab region northwestern South Asia ⓘ
neighbor	Indo-Parthians ⓘ surface form: Indo-Parthian Kingdom Indo-Scythian Kingdoms ⓘ surface form: Indo-Scythians Maurya Empire ⓘ Shunga Empire ⓘ
notableEvent	conquests of Demetrius I into India ⓘ reign of Menander I ⓘ
notableRuler	Agathocles of Bactria ⓘ Antialcidas ⓘ Apollodotus I ⓘ Demetrius I of Bactria ⓘ Heliocles II ⓘ Menander I ⓘ Strato I ⓘ
partOf	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world
predecessor	Seleucid Empire ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Greek polytheism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ
source	archaeological evidence ⓘ numismatic evidence ⓘ
startTime	2nd century BCE ⓘ
successor	Indo-Parthians ⓘ surface form: Indo-Parthian Kingdom Indo-Scythian Kingdoms ⓘ surface form: Indo-Scythians Kushan Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenistic kingdoms → hasPart → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

Hellenistic period → hasPart → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

Kushan Empire → follows → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

Charsadda → historicalEra → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek period

Gandhara civilization → underRuleOf → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek kingdoms

Alexandria in Arachosia → underRuleOf → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → followedBy → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → influenced → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

ancient India → hasPart → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

subject surface form: Ancient India

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek kingdoms

Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts → period → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek period

Bactrians → neighboringPeople → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greeks

Kharoṣṭhī script → usedByPolity → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek kingdoms

Shunga Empire → successorState → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

Shunga Empire → militaryConflict → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek invasions

Shunga Empire → borderedBy → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

Taxila → significantPeriod → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek Kingdom

Barikot → hasArchaeologicalLayerFromPeriod → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek period

Kujula Kadphises → influencedBy → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek Kingdom

Indo-Scythian Kingdoms → predecessor → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek Kingdom

Indo-Scythian Kingdoms → conflictWith → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek Kingdom

Pushkalavati → flourishedDuring → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek period

Bala Hisar (Charsadda) → associatedWithCulture → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek culture

Shaikhan Dheri → associatedWithPeriod → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek period

Empire of Alexander the Great → successor → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek Kingdom

Arachosia → partOf → Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Greek Kingdom