The Indo-Greek Kingdom was a Hellenic kingdom in present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 CE, and was ruled by a succession of more than thirty Hellenic kings.[1]
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| Culture | |
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| Archaeology | | Peshawar basin | |
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| Taxila |
- Sirkap
- Dharmarajika
- Jaulian
- Kalawan
- Mohra Muradu
- Jandial
- Kunala Stupa
- Lalchak monastery
- Badalpur
- Bhallar
- Mankiala
- Bhir Mound
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| Swat (Oddiyana) |
- Rock carvings of Manglawar
- Apsidal temple
- Nemogram Stupa and Monastery
- Ghalegay
- Gumbat Stupa
- Amluk-Dara stupa
- Tokara Dara Stupa
- Janabad Seated Buddha
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| Outside Pakistan |
- Hadda
- Shotorak
- Paitava
- Bimaran
- Mes Aynak
- Fondukistan
- Khair Khaneh
- Sphola Stupa
- Tapa Sardar
- Tepe Narenj
- Tepe Maranjan
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| Artifacts |
- Aramaic Inscription of Taxila
- Bimaran Casket
- Kanishka reliquary
- Stone palettes
- Buddhas of Bamiyan
- Buner reliefs
- Saptarishi Tila statue
- Post-Mauryan coinage of Gandhara
- Kabul hoard
- Shinkot casket
- Rukhuna reliquary
- Treasure of Begram
- Wardak Vase
- Standing Buddha
- Brussels Buddha
- Bajaur casket
- Silver Reliquary of Indravarman
- Hephthalite silver bowl
- Gardez Ganesha
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| Important figures |
- Padmasambhava
- Garab Dorje
- Kumāralāta
- Vasubandhu
- Asanga
- Marananta
- Zhi Yao
- Dānapāla
- Prajñā
- Jñānagupta
- Lokaksema
- Chanakya
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Timeline and cultural period
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Greater Indus Valley (Punjab - Sapta Sindhu)
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Indus Plain
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Baluchistan
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Northern and Northwestern Pakistan
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| Upper Indus Plain
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Lower Indus Plain
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| IRON AGE
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| Culture
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Late Vedic Period (Painted Grey Ware culture, Northern Black Polished Ware)
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Late Vedic Period (Sindhu-Sauvīra)
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Pre-history
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Late Vedic Period
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| 6th century BCE
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Madra, Kekeya, Trigarta, Yaudheya, Sivi, Kuru (Puru clans)
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(Achaeminid conquests)
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Gandhara, Kamboja
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| Culture
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Persian and Greek influences
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"Second Urbanisation" Rise of Shramana movements Jainism - Buddhism - Yoga
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Achaemenid period
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| 5th century BCE
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Pre-history
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Hindush
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Gedrosia, Arachosia
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Gandāra, Sattagydia
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| 4th century BCE
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(Greek conquests)
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| HISTORICAL AGE
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| Culture
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Spread of Buddhism
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| 3rd century BCE
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Maurya Empire
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Greek influence
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| Culture
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Preclassical Hinduism (ca. CE 200 - 300) - "Hindu Synthesis"
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Seleucid–Mauryan influence
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Development of Mahayana and Vajrayana in Gandhara and Oddiyana
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| 2nd century BCE
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Indo-Greek Kingdom
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| 1st century BCE
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| 1st century CE
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Indo-Scythians Indo-Parthians
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Indo-Parthians (Paratarajas)
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| 2nd century CE
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Kushan Empire
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| 3rd century CE
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Indo-Parthians (Apracharajas)
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Sasanian Hind
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Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom
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| 4th century CE
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Kidarites
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Little Kushans
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| 5th century CE
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Alchon Huns
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Hephthalite Empire
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| 6th century CE
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Nezak Huns Turk Shahis
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| Culture
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Late-Classical Hinduism (ca. CE 650-1100), Zoroastrian influence, Spread of Islam
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| 7th century CE
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Indo-Sassanids, Arab Caliphates
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| 8th century CE
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Turk Shahis, Taank Kingdom
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| 9th century CE
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Hindu Shahis
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Habbari dynasty
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Saffarids
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| 10th century CE
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Ghaznavids
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Sources for the table
Sources
- Ahsan, Aitzaz (1996), The Indus saga and the making of Pakistan, Oxford University Press
- Flood, Gavin D. (1996), An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge University Press
- Hiltebeitel, Alf (2002), Hinduism. In: Joseph Kitagawa, "The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture", Routledge
- Khan, Sohail Ahmad (1998), Ancient, Medieval & Recent History and Coins of Pakistan, Leo books
- Michaels, Axel (2004), Hinduism. Past and present, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press
- Samuel, Geoffrey (2010), The Origins of Yoga and Tantra. Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century, Cambridge University Press
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