1. The Indo- Greeks
2. The Shakas
3. The Parthians
4. The Kushanas
5. Impacts of Central Asian Contacts
5.1. Trade and Agriculture
5.2. Pottery and Architecture
5.3. Indian Society
5.4. Military
5.5. Polity
5.6. Art and Architecture
5.7. Literature and Learning
5.8. Science and Technology
5.9. Religion
6. Conclusion
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Topic – India’s Contact with the Outside World during the Mauryan Period: Its Effects on Art, Literature, Social Life (Notes)
Subject – History
(Ancient Indian History)
Table of Contents
Central Asian Contacts established in the era about 200 BCE did not witness an empire as massive as the Mauryas, it is nevertheless recognised as a crucial time in terms of the close and extensive contacts between Central Asia and India. The Mauryas were followed in power in Eastern India, Central India, and the Deccan by a variety of indigenous dynasties, including the Sungas, the Kanvas, and the Satavahanas. Several Central Asian kingdoms that ruled in northwestern India after the Mauryas succeeded them.
The Indo – Greeks
- Greeks, sometimes known as Indo-Greeks or Bactrian Greeks, were the first people to conquer India. The Indo-Greeks controlled a sizable portion of northwest India during the start of the second century B.C.
- Menander or Milinda was the most well-known Indo-Greek emperor (165-145 B.C.).
- He conquered the Ganga-Yamuna doab and held his capital at Sakala in Punjab.
- Nagasena, better known as Nagarjuna, persuaded him to embrace Buddhism.
- Menander bombarded Nagasena with inquiries on Buddhism.
- The Milinda Panho, also known as the Question of Milinda, is a book that contains Nagasena’s responses to these queries.
- Due to the numerous coins that the Greeks produced, the Indo-Greek Empire is significant in India’s history.
- The first kings in India to produce coins that can be directly linked to them were the Indo-Greeks.
- The first gold coins in India were produced by the Indo-Greeks. Hellenistic art elements were introduced to India’s northwest border during the Greek era.
- This art form wasn’t only Greek.
- After Alexander’s death, it was a result of Greek engagement with non-Greek conquered peoples. The finest example of this in India was Gandhara art.
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