The Fall & Legacy of Indo-Greeks | Episode 6 History of Post-Mauryan India: The Indo-Greek Empire

Support us on Corrections in the video: 1. 01:28 to 01:48 location of Bactria is marked wrong 2. 02:41 to 03:21 The text on the map should read 'Indo-Greek Kingdoms' (the various kingdoms were probably independent of each other) Summary and More Information on the topic: Indo-Greek rule in India started around 180BCE and ended by 10CE. Although Greeks were present in India from the arrival of Alexander in 326BCE and remained in India in form of traders, merchants, artisans, mercenaries, servants, and many other forms. We see their mentions in Indian literature even centuries after the fall of the last Indo-Greek king. Euthydemus had killed Diodotus II in c. 230 BCE. Later, one of Diodotus' relatives, Eucratides I, tried to revive the Diodotid Dynasty in c. 171 BCE. At the time, Indo-Greek Empire under Menander I had an expanse spanning from Bactria to Pataliputra. Eucratides declared himself king of Bactria when Menan