Ancient India

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 213. Chapters: Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Mahabharata, Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan, King Porus, Gupta Empire, Indo-Greeks, Indo-Scythians, Greco-Buddhism, Sources of ancient Tamil history, Economy of ancient Tamil country, Gandhara, Kushan Empire, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Sasigupta, Sophagasenus, Komedes, Indian maritime history, Asii, Indo-Roman trade and relations, Kharavela, Western Satraps, Early Telugu epigraphy, Arthashastra, Central Asians in Ancient Indian literature, Maha Kapphina, Indo-Parthian Kingdom, Ashvamedha, Apracaraja Indravarman's Silver Reliquary, Saka, Yona, Clothing in the ancient world, Bahlikas, Nair Dynasty, Rajatarangini, Indo-Roman relations, Monarchy in ancient India, Agriculture in ancient Tamil country, Battle of the Hydaspes, Sangam period, Arjunayanas, Muziris, Kamsabhoga, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, Kashmir Smast, Vishnukundina, Aryabha¿iya, Mauryan art, Arachosia, Kekaya, Exotic tribes of ancient India, Tulamba, Tamralipta, Samagana, Thanesar, Uttarapatha, Industry in ancient Tamil country, Epic India, Deur Kothar, History of Mumbai under indigenous empires, Indica, Hathigumpha inscription, Minor Inscriptions of Kharavela, Origin of the Gupta dynasty, Licchavi, Vishnupalita Kambhoja, Suvarnabhumi, Ailas, Heliodorus pillar, Dharmrajeshwar, Relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana, Greek conquests in India, Padaei, Tamil Buddhism, Terebinthus, Mudrarakshasa, Periodization of the Indus Valley Civilization, Suwannaphum, Haihayas, Naga, Mathura lion capital, Sisupalgarh, Lokaksema, Dakshinapatha, Kodumanal, Edakkal Caves, Ancestral North Indians, Pattanam, Wari-Bateshwar ruins, Dhamek Stupa, Harappan architecture, Satyaputra, Sembiyankandiyur, Painted Grey Ware culture, Bhurishravas, Shalihotra, Paradas, Butkara Stupa, Vedanga Jyotisha, Ikshvaku, Pulindas, Gandharva marriage, Ikshwaku, Amoghabhuti, Scythianus, Deimachus, Adichanallur, Mihirakula, Swayamvara, Sitanagaram, Black and red ware culture, Early history of Himachal Pradesh, Kalinga under the Mauryan, Ancestral South Indians, Mahapadma Nanda, Chaukhandi Stupa, Kudepasiri, Ariaca, Sankarjang, Nagari, Shreni, Tyndis, Outline of ancient India, Samraat, Toramana, Sabha, Aparanta, Vasumitra, Rajasuya, Ancient Indian subcontinent, Calinipaxa, Jaugada, Old India, Chetaka, Amri, Demetriapolis, Golabai, Kharligarh, Nagarvadhu, Agnivesa, Mantriparishad, Palibothra, Jnanagupta, Musicanus, Hindu Sansriti Ankh, Amri Culture, Ga¿a sangha, Rajanaka Bhumi Chand, Besanagar inscription, Malayaketu, Anangabhima III, Indra Varma, Khandavaprastha, Pacores, Salivanhana, Vanchi Muthur, Barbaras. Excerpt: The Indo-Greek Kingdom or Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent during the last two centuries BC, and was ruled by more than 30 Hellenistic kings, often in conflict with each other. The kingdom was founded when the Graeco-Bactrian king Demetrius invaded India early in the 2nd century BC; in this context the boundary of "India" is the Hindu Kush. The Greeks in India were eventually divided from the Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom centered in Bactria (now the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan). The expression "Indo-Greek Kingdom" loosely describes a number of various dynastic polities. There were numerous cities, such as Taxila, (now in Punjab (Pakistan)), Pushkalavati and Sagala. These cities would house a number of dynasties in their times, and based on Ptolemy's Geographia and the nomenclatu...