Question

A short note on Indo-Greeks.

Answer 1

The Indo-Greek Kingdomsor Graeco-Indian Kingdoms were partly Hellenistic kingdoms covering various parts of Afghanistan, and the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent (parts of modern Pakistan and northwestern India), during the last two centuries BC and was ruled by more than thirty kings, often conflicting with one another. Euthydemus I was, according to Polybius, a Magnesian Greek. His son, Demetrius I, founder of the Indo-Greek kingdom, was therefore of Greek ethnicity at least by his father. A marriage treaty was arranged for the same Demetrius with a daughter of the Seleucidruler Antiochus III (who had some Persiandescent). The ethnicity of later Indo-Greek rulers is less clear. For example, Artemidoros (80 BC) may have been of Indo-Scythian ascendency.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The Indo-Greek kingdom was ruled by over 30 Hellenistic (Greek) kings in the northwest and north India from the 2nd century BC to the beginning of the first century AD.

The kingdom started when Graeco-Bactrian king Demetrius (son of Euthydemus I) invaded India around 180 BC. He conquered southern Afghanistan and parts of Punjab.

The Indo-Greek kings imbibed Indian culture and became political entities with a mix of Greek and Indian culture.