foreign invasion took place in the past from the northwestern borders of india
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One of the causes of the downfall of the Maurya dynasty was the invasion of the Greeks from towards the North-west of India. At that time, the Greeks were called the yavanas by the Indians, the word which was used as a synonym of mlechchha and indicated every foreigner afterwards. The Greek invasion under Alexander had remained limited only up to the Punjab and had failed to affect Indian polity and culture.
But this time the Greeks succeeded in penetrating into India as far as the Ganges-Yamuna-Doab. After the Greeks, the Sakas, the Parthians and the Kushanas also penetrated deep into India towards the East and the South. Thus, these invasions proved more successful and, thereby, more effective. The aim of these invaders was also different from the aim of Alexander.
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While Alexander desired to keep Indian territories as part of his empire and govern them with the help of Indian rulers, the Greeks, the Sakas, the Parthians, and Kushanas who invaded India during this period desired to settle in India as their homeland. The Indians, on their part, converted them to their religion, accepted them in their society and, thus, encouraged them all to settle down here.
Thus, in turn, all of them became Indians. Therefore, K.M. Panikkar has not accepted them as foreign invaders. He has regarded them simply as immigrants. The merger of these foreigners into Indian society and religion certainly affected Indian society and culture, the like of which could not be possible during the Greek invasion under Alexander.
The vast empire of Alexander was parceled out between his governors and its eastern part fell to the lot of Seleucus who was a contemporary of Chandra Gupta Maurya. .After the death of Seleucus, the eastern empire too was divided.
In the third century B.C. independent kingdoms were established in Parthia and Bactria. The attempt of the emperor Antiyochus III, the Great of Syria to conquer Parthia and Bactria also failed and he practically acknowledged the independence of both the countries.
But this time the Greeks succeeded in penetrating into India as far as the Ganges-Yamuna-Doab. After the Greeks, the Sakas, the Parthians and the Kushanas also penetrated deep into India towards the East and the South. Thus, these invasions proved more successful and, thereby, more effective. The aim of these invaders was also different from the aim of Alexander.
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While Alexander desired to keep Indian territories as part of his empire and govern them with the help of Indian rulers, the Greeks, the Sakas, the Parthians, and Kushanas who invaded India during this period desired to settle in India as their homeland. The Indians, on their part, converted them to their religion, accepted them in their society and, thus, encouraged them all to settle down here.
Thus, in turn, all of them became Indians. Therefore, K.M. Panikkar has not accepted them as foreign invaders. He has regarded them simply as immigrants. The merger of these foreigners into Indian society and religion certainly affected Indian society and culture, the like of which could not be possible during the Greek invasion under Alexander.
The vast empire of Alexander was parceled out between his governors and its eastern part fell to the lot of Seleucus who was a contemporary of Chandra Gupta Maurya. .After the death of Seleucus, the eastern empire too was divided.
In the third century B.C. independent kingdoms were established in Parthia and Bactria. The attempt of the emperor Antiyochus III, the Great of Syria to conquer Parthia and Bactria also failed and he practically acknowledged the independence of both the countries.
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