Question

Who were the Indo Greek rulers?Where did they came from

Answer 1

After Alexander the Great,the greed seleukidan dynasty of Persia held on to the trans-Indus region. After seleukos Nikator was defeated by Chanragupta Maurya in 303 B.C. the trans-Indus region was transferred to the Mauryas. In mid third century B.C. the seleukidanrule was ended by two peoples. In Iran the parthiar became independent and their sassanians in 226 A.D. In like manner the greeks of Bactria rose in revolt underthe leadership of Diodotus. These Greeks were later known as Indo-Greeks whenthey gained a foot-hold in the Indian sub-continent.