I hope by greek and Indian architecture you mean. The present day Pakistan and Greeks not the so called the people of ganges valley. Who wrongly call themselves indians but they are not. The people of Indus are the nowadays Pakistanis and are proud Muslims. They still don't like those so called fake indians.
@@updown9697 Lol. we don't want to be called Arabs. Yes there are some people in Pakistan who originally were from Arabia but they are in very little number. I am from the north western mountainous part of Pakistan. I belong to the pushtun/afghan ethnic group. In the South Western Pakistan there Baloch ethnic people live. who are iranic people. Also in the South Western Pakistan there are hazara (Mongolians who settled here) ethnic people . So you see we have quite divers country. But what i originally meant here is that. Indus valley civilization belongs to the Punjabis and Sindhis people. Punjabi and Sindhi people live in Pakistan. That Indus valley civilization is based in modern day Pakistan. Not the modern day Republic of so called india! Even the Indus River after which that civilization was named is in modern day Pakistan not in Republic of india. The original Indians are the people of Pakistan not the so called fake Indians! I can go on and on over this topic but I think i don't need to because i am sure you understand what i mean. I am sure you can separate truth from the lies.
@@edwardc7112 pakistan and india both were under various empires. There is no such thing as Indian, for example we have Tamils in the south, Ahoms in the east, etc. Pakistanis are just a branch of Indians, 70 years is not enough for such wide cultural changes
@@emololasdf5492 - Buddhism predates the arrival of the Greeks, but Buddha asked people to not make images depicting him, it was when the Greeks arrived that Buddha was depicted in human form.
@@dayangmarikit6860 So true. ASIAN used to embraced Lotus and Bodhi tree to remember Guru Buddha, but the Greek are known to embraced pagans statues all through theirs history. CAMBODIA also embraced Buddhism before China and brought its teaching to China since 3rd century A.D (Book Of Liang) but never got credit for. If you read Khmer history they will lie we converted into Buddhism in 11th century A.D (to fit their water down histoy)...
@@DipayanPyne94 Hello to you Here is my response to you... 1.I do not have and I do not want to apologize and say sorry for a anything and especially for my ancestors and( for whom ) I am proud for them!! There is no reason and meaning to say that i am sorry because it happend and doesn't change no matter what i will say and it wasn't me who did it 2.what has happened in the past in peaceful era and war times is what brought us here and made progress at all levels and made us who we are 3.i said and still say thank to all Indians who are friendly and kind although my ancestors invade in their country and they don't feed hate for my country i respect them and thank them for not being hostiles with us. 4. If i was saying : we did well for our invasion in India then you would have the right to reproach me ! but i didn't! .And last but not least,: If I could change something, anything in history of mankind that would be the massacres, the slaughters and the wars, anykinde of war..
@@DipayanPyne94 Everything is ok my distance friend.. I know your intentions was and still are well intentioned. I got your point! You didn't offended me. By the way... Personal i don't believe in any religion. Religions sucks.
The Buddhas of Afghanistan that were blown by the Taliban, were either made by Greek stonemasons or people trained by Greek stonemasons. Their destruction was extremely saddening event
I mean when you go from conquering some minor territories to suddenly owning most of the known world before you’re middle aged, thats a humble flex to do.
@@DipayanPyne of course he didn't. Power is a dangerous game. But he did much good to those cultures as well. He gave them knowledge about architecture, medicine, arts aso. They were barbarians at the time most of them.
Quite bizarre kingdoms and yet they often go completely unnoticed even by history enthusiasts. Thanks for bringing them to our attention. They kind of reminds me of the state of Jaxa, a country located between Russia and China established by Polish nobleman Nicefor Czernichowski. Probably even more unknown.
Damm that's fascinating. I love learning about countries like that that are formed / ruled by travelling ethnic enclaves. Does anyone have any examples of others? The only ones I can think of are the Hellenistic states, Viking kingdoms, and Saxon Crimea en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(medieval)
Nice! Have you heard of Neutral Moresnet? Nominally a condominium by Prussia, Netherlands and Belgium but de-facto an anarchy. A small land stripe close to Aachen, created after the Napoleonic wars and later renamed to Amikejo (Esperanto: place of friendship). It existed for 100 years but it vanished after the first world war. I live like 30 km away from where it was, I had not a single clue about it and was really surprised to read about it. Life must have been pleasant and peaceful there.
There was also a short lived country in Slovenia, right after WW1, a socialist declared Prekmurje (Eastern most region of Slovenia) an independent republic called Murska republika. It however only lasted for a couple of days before it was conquered by Hungarians
@@vulkanofnocturne Sure, there is a Wikipedia article other than this I'm afraid that there isn't anything available in English. Only in Polish, Russian or Chinese. Here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaxa_(state) And about Nikifor (Nicefor) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikifor_Chernigovsky
@@ayushkumar-bg1xf That too for old elephants. I mean they were not elephant experts were they? And do we hear about those elephants after the battle of Ipsus?
Its also interesting to see that there were even Greek mercenaries operating as far as Sri Lanka during this time frame as well. Quite the travelers these ancient Greeks.
@@umaransari9765 Given how cowars muslims are when not in advantage im in. I love India and Greece, craddles of indoeuropean culture. The higest, most advance, most successful cultures from Sumeria to Europa. You have literally no chance if Eruopa and India would join. So no dreams, pretty feasible.
@ठाकुरेंद्र सहस्त्रबाहु Count me in. Im Spanish, i deeply love India, been there many times, and Greece, come for our shields! Spanish being some of the fiercest warriors ever on earth... itll be a cupcake. Om namah shivaya
Lotario Vergamota you call Muslims cowards? How about Islamic Caliphates who literally destroyed two of Greatest empires of its time these are Byzantine empire and Sassanid empire and conquered large parts of INDIA
@ठाकुरेंद्र सहस्त्रबाहु Did you pull history out of your ass,bhakt? The empire was the largest during his rule,after his death the empire started falling apart,but mudblood local rulers couldn't keep the British company out so there's no credit for them.
@@KingsandGenerals Is this the reason why the Kalash Dardic people in Pakistan are said to be descendants of Alexander the Great??? Pakistan was once apart of India before the split
and later on to Hinduism and much of those Hindus became Sikhs when Sikhism started in the 15th century. Infact greek ancestry is quite visible in the faces of many modern sikhs in India and also in Punjabi pakistanis. (Sikhs belong to Indian or eastern punjab and Pakistan has western Punjab)
As an Indian, I'm always fascinated by the incredible kingdoms we had way back 2000 years ago. On top of that having Greek kingdoms on the borders is so cool. If only these cultural ties remained today :(
@@human3213 For your information, the first Constitution of independent Greece in 1822 was repealing slavery and every human who was entering a Greek territory was a free man. The American Civil War that had established the end of slavery happened 40 years later. We are not racists. Half of our people nowadays are living all around the world. Alexander himself showed respect to every civilization he encountered. Aristotle was his teacher.Not Hitler.
Panos, Alexander was extremely brutal. His deeds in India are barf inducing. No reasonable person should respect such a monster. He was a drunkard, destroyed villages etc etc. He should not have been in India in the first place. Why ? Coz Indians had nothing against him or Greeks, in general. You can't praise an imperialist like him with the flawed argument 'Alexander himself showed respect to every civilization he encountered'. How did he encounter them in the first place ? Violence. That's obviously unjustifiable ... Also, we are talking about the Greeks of the BC era. Although I should not generalise them, I am quite sure that many Ancient Greeks were racists. Take Aristotle. He was clearly a racist. He believed that non Greeks deserve to be slaves. This is quite similar to the Greek idea of 'Every person who doesn't speak Greek is a barbarian'. Guess what ? Many Brahmans in India had the same mentality. Anyone who didn't speak Sanskrit was considered a barbarian. Even the word for barbarian is almost identical. Barbaros in Greek and Barbara in Sanskrit. After all, they are sister languages. You see, Buddha debunked racism. He debunked the mentality that many Greeks and Brahmans had. People like Buddha deserve respect, instead of Alexander, Ashoka etc etc.
There are fair skinned Tall Indians.. The so called upper caste Hindus... Who called themselves Rajputs(Son of kings)....it is said that before the attack of Islamic Zehadi...they were ruling all of India diving in small kingdoms...and were fighting against each other...and it made our region weaker for foreign invasion
@Peter Aremone No. There is a clear admixture in South Asia of Indo Aryans, Zagros agriculturists and Australoid hunter gatherers. I myself am a Brahmin with R1a-Z93 Steppe ancestry. Sorry if facts hurt your feelings
@Peter Aremone well..that was a very harsh statement from you...but you are absolutely spot on regarding the fake Aryan race in the subcontinent...there are millions of Indians like these who dream of 'Aryan blood'...just like that fool who is boasting of his Z93 Y chromosome...they are constantly looking for any kind of confirmation regarding their Aryan fantasy...
This one was a hard one to research. Did you know that there is surviving documentation for the Indo-Greek King Zoisos II, but none for Zoisos I? Its a mysterious and largely unknown part of history.
Do you mean the Kings Zoilos I&II? el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CF%8E%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%C2%B4_%CE%BF_%CE%94%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82
A visit I had in India when I was a merchant mariner I felt in love with the country and the friendly people I was treated like a family member just because I was a Greek 🇬🇷❤️🇮🇳 JAI HIND
@Roman Emperor Lucius Domitus Aurelianus alexander stopped his advance after the fight with porus(greek name) his actual name Purushottam from puru tribe noone actually won the war. they signed treaty ended up being tride partner
@Godtuber Adibu but Pushyamitra wasn't bengali, he is more likely to be Pushyamishra not mitra, he ruled the region of bengal where most of intellectuals in his court were from so they named him mitra
Naw it is all about American waging war against north Korea, Iraq syria, afganistan, etc. Coz they want human rights to be established in these countries.
Just wanna add something important here. Eurocentric scholars barely talk about the Indian influences on Greece, both before and after Alexander. Thomas McEvilley was perhaps the first to do extensive research on this subject. India and Greece influenced each other. It's not just Greece that influenced India. It is quite likely that the Pre-Socratics were influenced by Upanishadic and Sramanic Philosophies. This is likely coz the Greeks were in contact with the Indians via the Persian Empire, way before Alexander. Post Alexander, it is likely that the Greeks were influenced by Buddhist Philosophy. Pyrrho lived in India for more than 18 Months. He learnt Indian Philosophy from the Gymnosophists. Buddha had already been dead before Alexander in India. So, either the Stoics or the Epicureans or both were influenced by Indian Philosophy via Pyrrho, who took Indian Philosophy back to Greece. Eurocentric scholars always try too hard to falsify the likelihood of external influences on Greek Philosophy. The Ancient Greeks themselves often gave credit to others, like Egyptians and Indians. Modern day scholars are biased. Diogenes Laertus mentioned that Pyrrho's Equanimity came from India. So, you see, we should come out of this Eurocentric bubble and be honest. Philosophy did NOT begin in Greece and the Greeks did NOT invent it independently. That much is obvious ...
near my city in Punjab there is a place where it is known that Alexander's soilders threw up arms because they wanted to go home and were devastated by alexander's conquest...till this date it is considered an Omen to take the name of place in the morning....it's called Rahon.
Rahon is a historical city that have a story in each part of history...in ramayana dashrat killed shrawan kumar...it is believed that shrawan kumar was taking his blind parents across india and as he was crossing rahon which was jungle at that time he thought of leaving his parents...his dad knew something was wrong and asked him to just take them out if forest atkeast as he crossed rahon he forgot that he even thought about that......in mahbharata when padavas wnet to to exile they lived in rahon for a time...there is suraj kund that is a lond which was made by pandavas...there is a big temple there..there is another kind in kurukshetra... during greek sikandra or alexanders army threw arms at shore of satluj near rahon.... during mughals rahon was 3rd biggest city in asia and had biggeat food market in world but series of attacks shrinked it down...it is believed that rahon is a cursed town and people dont even take its name in the morning...
Most Indo-greeks practiced a mix of Hinduism,Buddhism,Greek religion & Zorostriansim which depends on their location ,like the Bactrians followed Greek religion + Zorostrianism while those of Gandhara Followed greek religion +buddhism ,those in Punjab followed Hinduism + greek religion.Archaelogical evidence exists of A Greek Ambassador erecting a pillar in honor of Vishnu -Bhagvata in central India. By the way the Stoic philosophy ,the Buddhist philosophy & the Vedantic philosophy are very similar.
@Yvng_ Jeet Yeah Sikhism appeared much late in Punjab and even then had the greatest influence in the region then any other religion that pre-dated Sikhism. Punjab and whole India owes both its prestige and independence from various attackers to the Sikhism. Sikhism is the greatest thing that happened to Punjab and whole India.
It’s one of the most fascinating part of world history. One may say bad or good about Alexander, but there is no denying about not only his influence but about the innumerable able and efficient rulers and generals he created along the way who ruled his satrapies and their descendants who were equally capable. I regret the fact that Indo Greek traditions and histories are not given proper attention in sub continental ancient history. We Indians inherited a lot from this period of history and we should accept it. Greeks contributed a lot to Buddhism then and the Buddhist art and literature flourished in India because of them and kushanas took it from Greeks and spread Buddhism to China and east Asia bcoz of which they are Buddhist today
@@skoy21 I have learned all this and many other surprising things about the Greeks by myself and have been spreading this for 6 years now to countless of youtube video's. Indeed you don't learn this at school just like that. But Greece is known as the most influential civilization on the planet. And anyone who actually dives in world history and Greek history like I have done in the last 10 years on almost daily basis, came to actually know what being the most influential actually means. Greece has profound influences in almost any corner of the world. And video's like these are merely parts of this everlasting grandeur created by the Greeks. It's impressive to know that Greece is not the most populous country, nor the biggest space in the world. But it is a nation that has everything there is, which is at the source to Greece's incredible history
It’s not really that surprising. Every tribe/nation has their time. The Romans at one point, the Arabs and the English/British as of now all have had global influence. Before all these people, the Indo-European tribes went apeshit and spread their languages all across the globe.
ukraine and russia are a different story they are trying to find their way through diplomacy and courts. Even though Putin invaded crimea a war is not going to happen between them. @evansdrad
in modern era there are not going to be wars more like short conflicts which will be ending with decisions from the counsil of U.S. If US Wants a war there are the only ones who can start it not any other country @evansdrad
@@harshupadhayay5520 Wow. Talking about inferiority complex. What about Indians seeing themselves as a inferior race? And the many levels of racism and the hostility against women? You should first go to Greece before judging. Greeks are incredibly warm and hospitable people and if you're a good enough soul, they will give incredible warmth to anyone.
@@Ptolemy336VV hostility against women really? is india the only nation where women face hostility dumb fuck just go through the crime statatics of your country you have way more hostility there than india
@Criminology 101 Ehh NO. RE-READ: "Talking about inferiority complex. What about Indians seeing themselves as a inferior race? And the many levels of racism and the hostility against women? You should first go to Greece before judging. Greeks are incredibly warm and hospitable people and if you're a good enough soul, they will give incredible warmth to anyone." Which implies I addressed the person who told a lie. Instead since I have actually been there researched the world and India plentifully, and have on personal accounts numerous of things experienced which can conclude the matter at hand. Many Indians live in extreme poverty. Fact. hundreds of millions of Indians cannot read or write. Fact. Indians have a caste system. Fact. Many millions of Indians have to fight for even the most basic things among each other. Fact. HENCE the cultural phenomenon of racism of Indians among each other. "I am better, you are shit". "I am rich you are poor" "I am good looking, you are ugly". This plays an important role in Indian society as nothing is for granted. Most homes still live of dung piles and the level of racism among each other is immense also do to again the caste system. Jealousy among Indian men is also frequent on a cultural level on a level you don't see anywhere else. Am I thus proving this guys points? NO. I am proving MY point. As I have not addressed anyone racially. I have simply stated world wide facts.
@Heat Ray Whatever you say, my point is correct. The initial comment is about respect. Then the person replying to it talks about inferiority complex in such a way that it peeked my curiosity while knowing fully well the problems within the state of India. And merely stating the facts does not make me a racist nor a hater. I have no dislike against India, and nor am I Greek. 2 inaccuracies by prejudice people here. So again. How can you dislike it when I'm merely stating facts. There are entire essays and university studies dedicated to racism and the caste system within India which stimulates inferiority/superiority. So no. My words are not some garbled nonsense as you like to trivialize it to, but actual facts. Now without insulting you back, have a nice day
@Criminology 101 Again. I have stated world wide accepted facts. That doesn't make me a hater, nor generalizations. I mention that hundreds of millions are illiterate. That is based on statistics and it's not the entire nation. It's what it is a significant portion of the country. And then you're (which is what I meant with inferiority) trying to disdain European countries with inaccuracies and how a person cannot get into being a president. In the west anyone and anything can become a president, prime minister, queen, pop-star, or anything else. Even the king of the Netherlands has a news reader from Argentina as his wife and queen. But again. If that's how you roll, then that is fine. And let's not make it a comparison case between Europe and India with the arguments that you where trying to give for all the respectful reasons out there one could give.
Fun fact: in the Darbar hall of the rashtrapati bhavan (the Indian presidential palace) there is a statue of lord Buddha dating to about 4th century ad. The statue was discovered near the gandhara region (modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan). It bears striking resemblance with the sculptures of classical rome and Greece.
Greek-indians-persians-chinese shaped what the modern world is today...these great empires and ancient super powers will always be loved...hate as much as you want haters....😊😊😊
@iruz29 Egyptians had no influence as these four empires had...also they had no fights in ancient times..the only thing they had was pyramids and some business hubs
@iruz29 I'd argue only the Greeks have shaped the world. As the Greeks, indirectly or directly, influenced western civilisation, which in turn is the dominant global culture.
Do the Gupta empire, when 0 and many many mathematical discoveries were made, the story of how trigonometry was invented is very interesting and how the Indian word changed over time into Sin, Cos, Tan! The Guptas were amazing!
King & General: THANK YOU... for anticipanting in my request for more about the "lost trace of the Greek-Macedonian culture in India" THANK YOU for your excellent work ! BRILLIANT... As historian and tourguide in Greece (born in Pella, Macedonia GREECE) all I can say is: thaank you for loving culture and Greece, as much as we do ! deep respect....LOVE from GREECE.
Nitpicking here, but "Alkidemos" is a compound word, from "alki", meaning strength in combat, and "demos", meaning people, so I am surprised you have chosen to interpret "Athena Alkidemos" as Athena the Savior; I believe something like Athena the Strength of the People conveys the sentiment more accurately. At any rate, savior would be "soter" and, in fact, this exact word features in the inscription on the obverse of the same coin at 9:50, which reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, meaning "of King Menander the Savior". Obviously you are also aware of the fact that the epithet "Soter/Savior" was claimed by many Hellenistic rulers as well (Ptolemy I, Antiochos I, Diodotos I, Demetrios I of the Seleucids etc), which is another reason why translating "alkidemos" as the same thing seems weird.
I think you are right. Δήμος means not people in general, but the people of a city in particular (the word democracy/δημοκρατία comes from it) . The original Hellenic/Greek words for whoever is curious: Αθηνά Αλκίδημος and Σωτήρ So Αθηνά Αλκίδημος must mean something like "Athena , who preserves a powerful city" , or "Athena who give power/strength to the people of the city", and of course Σωτήρ is Savior
5:13 Sankhya- maths Yoga- yoga Nyaya- law Vaishyashika - knowledge of philosophy. I can speak little Sanskrit and this is the meaning I know of these words
Sent me head over heels again with more excellent coverage of this subject.....if you don't watch out your gonna get another patreon supporter......gonna happen anyhow......just waiting for credit card to arrive.Thanks for your awesome work.
Alexander: Ahh!! We have conquered the world, What should we do now? General: Sir, let's name the newly founded settlements in Egypt, Persia , Aghanistan . Alexander: Alexandria, Alexandria and Alexandria General: And the one in India? Alexander: How about........ Alexandria ? General: Oo
This channel has so SO much high quality content than any other infographic channel can ever have. Going through the ancient texts, researching all the way through the vast history and the animations are top-notch. Best of luck for your success and keep educating 💯
Great work! It's a very well-researched video. You are also one of the few if not the only RUclips channel to produce quality content about the easternmost Greeks in the Hellenistic period & their interactions with natives of ancient Central Asia, India, and China. Your presentation of the Seleucids, Greco-Bactrians, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, even the Western Han dynasty of China and Emperor Wu's War of the Heavenly Horses in Ferghana & Bactria makes your channel tower above the rest.
@@user-pj7zj6wz1l no were in history did the greeks At all had relationships with indians AT ALL NEVER DID THEY yo wtf kings and generals arr puting lies on the internet I'm so fucking upset the greeks were more influenced and by persians and thier culture was related more to persian cultur and also other things which the greeks have relationships more with for greeks
@@ss-cw6he You Indian "nationalists" are pathetic. You couldn't "molest" the British, who conquered you from the other side of the planet and you were one of the most populated nations in the world, both in that time and also Alexander's and his succesors' time. You "managed" to preserve your land from heavily outnumbered and medium-power greek kingdoms, further from their homeland than any Indian army could have marched and survived throughout your history. Please stop talking about the military virtue of Greece, it's an insult to History coming from Indians. You can stick to other aspects of your rich history.
@@mattkoum i guess ur fakest shit history writers didn't mention Britishers used to tight with modern weapons guns and artillery while India and other asian nation was fighting with swords and shield. Surely satanicnity followers love to remain in ignorant mode Shitty abrahmic swine cult followers
How India survived India vs Greece dynasties India vs roman dynasties India vs Hans dynasties India vs Gurid dynasties India vs Gaznavi Dynasties India vs islamic dynasties India vs mongol India vs Mughal India vs 5 European countries Still India survived with its continuous and unbroken ancient civilization
If you have Punjabi friends from India, you might see it on the faces of some of them, greek ancestry is quite visible in the faces of many modern Sikhs in India and also in Punjabi Pakistanis. (Sikhs belong to Indian or eastern Punjab and Pakistan has western Punjab)
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@@NatrajChaturvedi yes even i can give the pictures from google images their facial structure
The area of Pakistan where my family come from was part of the Gandhara civilization. There were indo-greek coins and other artifcacts found near my village a few decades ago. I've heard that my tribe are descendents of the mighty king Porus :) The ancient history of the land fascinates me :) 🇵🇰 ❤ 🇬🇷 🇵🇰 ❤ 🇮🇳
What is your “tribe” called? There has been various claims to King Porus. The three theories I have seen are that King Porus was either Saini, Khatri or Mohyal Brahmin. Also genetic research shows that Jatts, Awans, Pashtuns, Kohistanis and Khatris are descended or genetically related to Gandharis.
@@irpmedia6600 you have imported history ,you read history of invaders especially Turks and Arabs ..🥴🥴 My grandfather is older than your Pakistani history 🤣🤣🤣
Great video. Small correction: The Buddha spoke Magadhi Prakrit, NOT Pali as stated in the video. It's an easy mistake to make when the earliest Buddhist texts were written in Pali (The Pali canon).
The image of Buddha himself is Greek art as it says in the video. Same for the Terracotta army in China - there was no local pre-existing art that realistically portrayed the human form and so it is believed the introduction of human statues is the result of Greek art being introduced - quite possibly by Hellenistic Buddhists who emigrated to China.
If FYROM wants exclusivity to the name Macedonia they will have to change their official language to Greek for this corresponds with the Ancient Macedonian language. Greeks embrace everyone as a Hellene as long as they speak Greek. You cannot have Bulgarian speaking Slavs of FYROM claiming they are Antiques. It’s ridiculous
@h ey You can't just come to a history channel and poison the comments with filthy lies. ''Εστιν ουν Ελλάς και η Μακεδονία''. ''Macedonia is also Hellas''. Στραβων.
@@dawnfm00 What the literal fuck. Vedas have hymns to a deity called 'Rudra'. Which later on became Shiva. Saivism did exist during that time. But, that huns being Shaivites is absolutely bullshit.
Let's get a vid on the Tamils! It's always funny that in both these videos whenever someone claims to be the 'Emperor of All India' there should be a little Tamil guy waving from that blank space at the bottom of the map "except us, mate!"
True! It's ancient myth that after Tamil Nadu a great continent lies beneath Water. Also recently they found civilization site in south Tamil Nadu where people had trade with Greeks and Romans
@@harsimransingh3314 Moreover what was North Indians doing not invading or ruling any part of South India when they had chances? Most Indian Kingdom couldn't able extend their vast area even to south mostly
@@harsimransingh3314 Tipu Sultan was during British, before British they were only Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism in Southern parts... I think you may revisit the history and all those Maps of the kingdoms, in all those they extended only upto Deccan plateaus. But you claim it Child play that is your opinion, but I don't think so it was something that held North Indians not to invade South India to expand even their Kingdom till south.... (If you say far and if they can reach until Deccan Plateau I don't think it's far from there either)
@@harsimransingh3314 Started this BS again. Can't you North/South Indians just live quietly together? What use are your ancestors deeds to you now? Just enjoy History, and stop dividing yourself based on that. You're not living in the Mauryan or Chola Empire anymore
I remember taking a “non-western culture” class that concentrated on art. In it, we learned about specific elements that go into deptictions of Buddha, but it was never mentioned that the statues were influenced by Greek art-styles. It is fascinating to learn that! And it kinda makes sense that the Greek influence would give rise to such specific elements and forms.
All Indian Architectural Knowledge comes from Greece and all Greek Architectural Knowledge comes from Egypt ... (Edit : Many are criticising me in the comment section. So let me just cite my Sources. For the Egyptian Origin of Greek Architecture, read 'Chapter 4' of 'Pharaohs Fellahs and Explorers' by Egyptologist 'Amelia Edwards'. For the Greek Origin of Indian Architecture, read 'The Ship in the Cave : The Greek and Nautical Origins of Buddhist Architecture'.)
@@DipayanPyne94 Not the architect but a strand of sculpture, more specifically the Gandharan sculpture where bactrian sculptures worked on Budhist themes. The Buddhist images all over the eastern world was a consequence of Gupta era Mathura art. Would love to know your source for making such outlandish claim though.
I love the history in this part of the world~!!! I find that there is little in the west about his part of the world history (and also in the east) because there is a lack of people to truly "claim" these history for cultural narratives. For the modern Greeks, because it's so far off it is something exotic at most, for the locals who lived in the area it's the history of strangers from eons back. But for what it was, when it was alive, it was absolutely remarkable, nothing less than something to the level of Yuan dynasty in China where east met west and both created something so remarkable that if it's not written in history one can scarcely believe it happened at all. Thank you so much for covering this
@@netrunningnow Same for northern Indians and some Afghans right? Ethnically...maybe, there might be some traces, but culturally I think the very Greek fabrics has largely either dissipated or incorporated into the general Indian aesthetics: architecture, fashion of the old sculptures etc. Like- I'm not sure if there is any local traditions that's distinctively labeled and preserved as "Greek" ones that's still been followed by the inhabitants today.
For us Pakistanis it doesn't matter.It's cool but not as necessary as what came after it to the government atleast.Tis a shame to throw away our ancient heritage.
@@bloodfiredrake7259 I am from India as you can see from my name. We in India are now rediscovering all the greatness of Indian civilization of the past and I have always wondered how things are in Pakistan. Indian civilization started from the Indus Valley and science is now showing that Indus people were the same as the present day people and that there was no Aryan invasion. Don't the people in Pakistan feel some connection to their past. I mean Islam came from outside and follows Judeo-Christian tradition. Our ancestors were all part of the Dharmic traditions of Indian civilization. Is there any feeling in Pakistan that they have lost their ancient heritage?
Rahul Yadav - There is ample - scientific, genetic, historical - evidence for an Arian invasion of India. It's not the whole story but part of the story. Why be so parochial? The central Asian horsemen invaded Europe also. Europeans and Indians are all descendants of the same conquering forefathers. Embrace the glorious history rather than trying to hide from it. Om Shanti.
I wonder if that syncretion could have happened anywhere else. India always seems very open to other cultures, adding them to the what seem like thousands already there.
If there is any era, I would like to go back in History, then it would be this,, Imagine studying in a school, with Hindu, Buddhist and Greek schools of thought,,
As indian, it is very shocking, at high school level or college, we didn't really study about this indo greek kingdom in details,we just heard that Alexander the king invade india and conquered some part of it. Maybe it is embarrassing to ancient indian history since it was prime of India era
Most people don't know this but the Indo-Greek kingdom was like a family reunion, without them realizing it. The Indians and Greeks met after splitting off from their common ancestors thousands of years ago from the Indo-Europeans.
I’m of Indian origin, but have always loved Greek culture and history. I for one, I’m proud of my Indo Greek heritage. BTW, if you love history, Kings and Generals is a must. Excellent work again guys, keep em coming.
@Usecriticalthinking It would probably be a very small percentage, seeing how many generations removed Indians are from the Indo-Greek era! But I'm sure it's somewhere in there!!
Here in India we had lesson in history about this, btw, even today there are people in Himachal Pradesh of India, NW Pakistan who resemble more like European than native Subcontinental.
Jason Doe trying to say ? That there is different between Hellenistic (Ελληνική περίοδο ) and Greek (Ελληνική ) is totally the same. And at ancient time’s,yes ! Was the last
Μιχάηλ Φούκας, for example: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece Also, _Hellenistic_ != _Hellenic_ , so *no* it is not at all "the same" as _Greek_ ...and to my knowledge there is no such a thing as a "Hellenic period" (which is what you wrote in Greek).
There were Greeks in Anuradhapura kingdom sri lanka...the ancient chronicle mahawansa says that king pandukabhaya allocate large area for a greek colony..in sinhalese it was called "yonaka janapada"
@@human3213 What are you trying to prove? Your cheap inferiority complex? Who cares who won or lost. The fact that two unique cultures intermixed at one point is the main focus here. Go spread your low IQ jingoism elsewhere, Sanghi.
But saar who needs Greek family , saar we need Turkish family saar, turkey is Pakistan's best friend and all Greeks and indians are our enemies saar, Turkish women very butiful saar, turkey enemy is greece and pakistan enemy is india saar, so Turkey and pakistan are blood brothers saar
"well laid out streets, squares, crossroads and marketplaces" shows hellenic influence! MMmm.. really.. that arrogantly Eurocentric? What about Indus Valley Civilization and its city structure? I hope you do a video on IVC researching properly. Anyway, that was a great episode.
To Amarpeet's and alus's point, by that definition most, if not all of the food trucks in the San Francisco Bay Area are racist as there is one that combines Korean/Tex Mex, another that is Indian/Tex Mex, and a fusion of Chinese and, you guessed it, Tex Mex. Basically, beans, meat, and salt are an awesome combination with any number of spices. However, if Kings and Generals has demonstrated nothing else, is that the trajectory of world history seems to be people meeting people, and things blending together. Shoot, I say blend it all together: you get great food, great ideas, and great romance.
The Greek culture was spread and influenced the world throught ideas as philosophy art and architecture ! From the Greek colonies in balkans, magna grecia, bosporus in spain and gaul and later through the Romans in most of Europe. From Alexander the Great to east in Asia, Egypt, Persia, India and with Indogreek kindoms through buddism in China far to Japan. Every time people tried to take a step forward looked back in ancient Greece. Renaissance, Muslim golden age, Enlightenment
Do you consider yourself a history buff? bit.ly/2F5bQVR
Yes
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I’ve always been told that by my school teachers and my friends
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Thank for this Video .. This has peaked my interest because the mahavamsa account of a vist by a Greek Origin monk to Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
A city that combines classical Greek and Indian architecture. I can only imagine how beautiful it must have been.
I hope by greek and Indian architecture you mean.
The present day Pakistan and Greeks not the so called the people of ganges valley. Who wrongly call themselves indians but they are not.
The people of Indus are the nowadays Pakistanis and are proud Muslims.
They still don't like those so called fake indians.
@@updown9697
Lol by calling Pakistani arabs you can't misguide whole world.
It won't change the reality
@@updown9697
Lol.
we don't want to be called Arabs.
Yes there are some people in Pakistan who originally were from Arabia but they are in very little number.
I am from the north western mountainous part of Pakistan.
I belong to the pushtun/afghan ethnic group.
In the South Western Pakistan there Baloch ethnic people live.
who are iranic people.
Also in the South Western Pakistan there are hazara (Mongolians who settled here) ethnic people . So you see we have quite divers country.
But what i originally meant here is that.
Indus valley civilization belongs to the Punjabis and Sindhis people.
Punjabi and Sindhi people live in Pakistan.
That Indus valley civilization is based in modern day Pakistan.
Not the modern day Republic of so called india!
Even the Indus River after which that civilization was named is in modern day Pakistan not in Republic of india.
The original Indians are the people of Pakistan not the so called fake Indians!
I can go on and on over this topic but I think i don't need to because i am sure you understand what i mean.
I am sure you can separate truth from the lies.
@@edwardc7112 pakistan and india both were under various empires. There is no such thing as Indian, for example we have Tamils in the south, Ahoms in the east, etc. Pakistanis are just a branch of Indians, 70 years is not enough for such wide cultural changes
Edward C what a nice Pakistani name isn't it
Buddhist Greeks in India god History is so interesting
Ninterva Gaming yes Buddhism is based on Greek philosophy, I’m not saying.. ancient scripts founded there explain it
I will just give you one hint & no Buddhism is not based upon Greek Philosophy - gymnosophist.
@@emololasdf5492 - Buddhism predates the arrival of the Greeks, but Buddha asked people to not make images depicting him, it was when the Greeks arrived that Buddha was depicted in human form.
@@dayangmarikit6860 So true. ASIAN used to embraced Lotus and Bodhi tree to remember Guru Buddha, but the Greek are known to embraced pagans statues all through theirs history. CAMBODIA also embraced Buddhism before China and brought its teaching to China since 3rd century A.D (Book Of Liang) but never got credit for. If you read Khmer history they will lie we converted into Buddhism in 11th century A.D (to fit their water down histoy)...
There is no such thing as greeks converting to buddhasm it would rather be greeks influenced more by persian religion
I have to say to Indians friends thank you for being so friendly with Greeks. Greetings from a Greek man and respect to you. Long live India🇮🇳🇬🇷
@@DipayanPyne94
Hello to you
Here is my response to you...
1.I do not have and I do not want to apologize and say sorry for a anything and especially for my ancestors and( for whom ) I am proud for them!! There is no reason and meaning to say that i am sorry because it happend and doesn't change no matter what i will say and it wasn't me who did it
2.what has happened in the past in peaceful era and war times is what brought us here and made progress at all levels and made us who we are
3.i said and still say thank to all Indians who are friendly and kind although my ancestors invade in their country and they don't feed hate for my country i respect them and thank them for not being hostiles with us.
4. If i was saying : we did well for our invasion in India then you would have the right to reproach me ! but i didn't!
.And last but not least,:
If I could change something, anything in history of mankind that would be the massacres, the slaughters and the wars, anykinde of war..
No hard feelings no meaning to offense you.
with friendly regards
I don't want argue or debate with you
@@DipayanPyne94
Everything is ok my distance friend.. I know your intentions was and still are well intentioned. I got your point!
You didn't offended me.
By the way...
Personal i don't believe in any religion. Religions sucks.
@@DipayanPyne94
i agree
The indo Greek territory was in modern day pakistan, should be thanking Pakistan’s people if anything 😂
The Buddhas of Afghanistan that were blown by the Taliban, were either made by Greek stonemasons or people trained by Greek stonemasons. Their destruction was extremely saddening event
And also the ancient Buddhist architecture in Baluchistan, which is now in Pakistan was blown away a couple of days ago by Muslim government. 😑
Insalubrious Dithyramb Source?
@@sarosh451 Do you even watch news?
Insalubrious Dithyramb Yes I do in fact. But I am curious of the source for your claims, since I have been unable to find it?
@@sarosh451 Oh and sorry I said "blown away". I confused it with Bamian incident. They are still destroyed though.
Alexander really liked naming places after himself.
Really original, eh? :-)
I mean when you go from conquering some minor territories to suddenly owning most of the known world before you’re middle aged, thats a humble flex to do.
Azura's Cape
One smooth ass comment
@@DipayanPyne it was a revenge towards persians first. Greeks apparently never forget
@@DipayanPyne of course he didn't. Power is a dangerous game. But he did much good to those cultures as well. He gave them knowledge about architecture, medicine, arts aso. They were barbarians at the time most of them.
Quite bizarre kingdoms and yet they often go completely unnoticed even by history enthusiasts.
Thanks for bringing them to our attention.
They kind of reminds me of the state of Jaxa, a country located between Russia and China established by Polish nobleman Nicefor Czernichowski. Probably even more unknown.
That's interesting but I cannot find anything on the internet in English about the Pol or Jaxa can you post a link here to something?
Damm that's fascinating. I love learning about countries like that that are formed / ruled by travelling ethnic enclaves. Does anyone have any examples of others? The only ones I can think of are the Hellenistic states, Viking kingdoms, and Saxon Crimea en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_(medieval)
Nice! Have you heard of Neutral Moresnet? Nominally a condominium by Prussia, Netherlands and Belgium but de-facto an anarchy. A small land stripe close to Aachen, created after the Napoleonic wars and later renamed to Amikejo (Esperanto: place of friendship). It existed for 100 years but it vanished after the first world war. I live like 30 km away from where it was, I had not a single clue about it and was really surprised to read about it. Life must have been pleasant and peaceful there.
There was also a short lived country in Slovenia, right after WW1, a socialist declared Prekmurje (Eastern most region of Slovenia) an independent republic called Murska republika. It however only lasted for a couple of days before it was conquered by Hungarians
@@vulkanofnocturne Sure, there is a Wikipedia article other than this I'm afraid that there isn't anything available in English. Only in Polish, Russian or Chinese.
Here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaxa_(state)
And about Nikifor (Nicefor) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikifor_Chernigovsky
Those 500 elephants given by Chandragupta played decisive role in Seleucid victory against Antegonus In battle of Ipsus!!
True
Sounds like a good trade.
forsenCD
@@ayushkumar-bg1xf That too for old elephants. I mean they were not elephant experts were they? And do we hear about those elephants after the battle of Ipsus?
@@abhishekdev258 Pyrrhus of Epirus got hold of them and invaded Rome using those elephants !
Love Greece from India both country strong ancient relationship
So people in India worship greek gods.
Even today. We both hate cockroaches
Renegade Punk it’s the other way around!! Hindu civilisation is over 10000 years old!
@Puratha 12 well at that time there wasn't any division so Pakistan was a part of India.
@Puratha 12 jinnah isn't born yet
One of the coolest crossovers in history
Not cooler than the chinese and greeks
James Bond Chinese culture was totally different. Indian Vedas are similar to Avesta of persians which would be somewhat familiar to greeks.
Pity there wasn't much flow of philosophy between cultures, the western Europeans and Persians seemed more interested in Greek philosophy.
@@denverbritto5606 that was mostly because indians liked the dharmik philosophy better than ancient greek philosophy
@@milfbangerbhabhilover9771 thats very unfotunate for them, aristotle could have worked wonders for india
Its also interesting to see that there were even Greek mercenaries operating as far as Sri Lanka during this time frame as well. Quite the travelers these ancient Greeks.
ठाकुरेंद्र सहस्त्रबाहु keep Dreaming
@@umaransari9765 Given how cowars muslims are when not in advantage im in. I love India and Greece, craddles of indoeuropean culture. The higest, most advance, most successful cultures from Sumeria to Europa. You have literally no chance if Eruopa and India would join. So no dreams, pretty feasible.
@ठाकुरेंद्र सहस्त्रबाहु Count me in. Im Spanish, i deeply love India, been there many times, and Greece, come for our shields! Spanish being some of the fiercest warriors ever on earth... itll be a cupcake. Om namah shivaya
Lotario Vergamota you call Muslims cowards?
How about Islamic Caliphates who literally destroyed two of Greatest empires of its time these are Byzantine empire and Sassanid empire and conquered large parts of INDIA
@ठाकुरेंद्र सहस्त्रबाहु
Did you pull history out of your ass,bhakt?
The empire was the largest during his rule,after his death the empire started falling apart,but mudblood local rulers couldn't keep the British company out so there's no credit for them.
Modern people: The Infinity War was the most ambitious crossover in history ever.
Alexander the Great's Diadochis: hold our wines
Good :-)
Nice joke
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@@KingsandGenerals
Is this the reason why the Kalash Dardic people in Pakistan are said to be descendants of Alexander the Great??? Pakistan was once apart of India before the split
Diadochi is plural already, no need for the "s" in the end of the word
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greek eat shawarma
@@nomylearnspalestine I'm eat pork, i like pork meat. Piggy-piggy 🐷
Yeah India used to be a peaceful place before Turks came
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@@samuraiace454 you are proud of eating the meat of a filthy animal? Fair enough
Greeks who converted to Buddhism 🤔 I swear I learn something new everyday ☺️
Thanks for learning with us! :-)
Kings and Generals keep up the great work! I love the content 👍
Indus valley civilization people converted in buddhism
There is a coin found .
It evidently says minander converted to Buddhism.
Most Buddha's statues are form of Greek art.
and later on to Hinduism and much of those Hindus became Sikhs when Sikhism started in the 15th century. Infact greek ancestry is quite visible in the faces of many modern sikhs in India and also in Punjabi pakistanis. (Sikhs belong to Indian or eastern punjab and Pakistan has western Punjab)
Those elephants later became Selucus's trump card against Antigonus in the Battle of Ipsus.
Damn. Not many people know that. Salute
And one of the few battles in Western History where Elephants were helpful.
@@Liquidsback Must takes a genius to figure out that elephants shouldn't be used as first line of a head-on attack.
Clearly, cause his own descendant Antiochus III clearly forgot that at Raphia.
Elephants were like F-16s or Mirages back then.
As an Indian, I'm always fascinated by the incredible kingdoms we had way back 2000 years ago. On top of that having Greek kingdoms on the borders is so cool. If only these cultural ties remained today :(
Greeks are white supremacist nothing more
India influenced Greece
But they won't
Accept it...
@@human3213 For your information, the first Constitution of independent Greece in 1822 was repealing slavery and every human who was entering a Greek territory was a free man.
The American Civil War that had established the end of slavery happened 40 years later.
We are not racists. Half of our people nowadays are living all around the world.
Alexander himself showed respect to every civilization he encountered.
Aristotle was his teacher.Not Hitler.
@@panosfloyd don’t bother arguing with hellenophobes. They wont be happy unless everything Greek is destroyed
Panos, Alexander was extremely brutal. His deeds in India are barf inducing. No reasonable person should respect such a monster. He was a drunkard, destroyed villages etc etc. He should not have been in India in the first place. Why ? Coz Indians had nothing against him or Greeks, in general.
You can't praise an imperialist like him with the flawed argument 'Alexander himself showed respect to every civilization he encountered'. How did he encounter them in the first place ? Violence. That's obviously unjustifiable ...
Also, we are talking about the Greeks of the BC era. Although I should not generalise them, I am quite sure that many Ancient Greeks were racists. Take Aristotle. He was clearly a racist. He believed that non Greeks deserve to be slaves. This is quite similar to the Greek idea of 'Every person who doesn't speak Greek is a barbarian'. Guess what ? Many Brahmans in India had the same mentality. Anyone who didn't speak Sanskrit was considered a barbarian. Even the word for barbarian is almost identical. Barbaros in Greek and Barbara in Sanskrit. After all, they are sister languages.
You see, Buddha debunked racism. He debunked the mentality that many Greeks and Brahmans had. People like Buddha deserve respect, instead of Alexander, Ashoka etc etc.
As an indian you are ignorant about India.
wow my father ancestor belong to the Indus valley region Sindh area wow and he loved Greece we lived in Greece over 25 year now I know my connection.
Wow so your ancestors are from Pakistan nice
@@TheHomieNickGurr No desert piggy, her
ancestors were from Indian Subcontinent.
@@anirbanbanerjee1319 Can't Digest your Superior Overlord's History.
Indus civilization is a Dravidian civilization
@@shaheenakhter9975 doesn't make any sense
I never imagined that a Greek Hindu culture could exist. Literally the most fascinating thing
In India empires like this happen kushans were Chinese but Hindu religion and Greek fighting style and art
There are fair skinned Tall Indians..
The so called upper caste Hindus...
Who called themselves Rajputs(Son of kings)....it is said that before the attack of Islamic Zehadi...they were ruling all of India diving in small kingdoms...and were fighting against each other...and it made our region weaker for foreign invasion
@Peter Aremone No. There is a clear admixture in South Asia of Indo Aryans, Zagros agriculturists and Australoid hunter gatherers. I myself am a Brahmin with R1a-Z93 Steppe ancestry. Sorry if facts hurt your feelings
Sid S that's totally bullshit
@Peter Aremone well..that was a very harsh statement from you...but you are absolutely spot on regarding the fake Aryan race in the subcontinent...there are millions of Indians like these who dream of 'Aryan blood'...just like that fool who is boasting of his Z93 Y chromosome...they are constantly looking for any kind of confirmation regarding their Aryan fantasy...
This one was a hard one to research. Did you know that there is surviving documentation for the Indo-Greek King Zoisos II, but none for Zoisos I? Its a mysterious and largely unknown part of history.
The biggest mystery is where your scruples went, Pelagius.
It's not unknown in India. Pretty well documented I think
@@grapeshott yup.
Do you mean the Kings Zoilos I&II? el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CF%8E%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%C2%B4_%CE%BF_%CE%94%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82
@@harispeios Yes, that one. As the article itself shows, we know next to nothing about Zoilos I.
Food must've tasted good in that kingdom.
It still does friend.
Now that's what we should be discussing. Best comment here 👌
Chicken tikka souvlaki
That food still available in Peshawar
Naw greek food is good the way it is
A visit I had in India when I was a merchant mariner I felt in love with the country and the friendly people
I was treated like a family member just because I was a Greek
🇬🇷❤️🇮🇳 JAI HIND
We love greece and our greek brothers.🇬🇷💙🇮🇳
That’s strange
@maddy gamer Most westerners aren’t treated that well in india
@maddy gamer I’m not exactly a western I’m Indian myself
@Roman Emperor Lucius Domitus Aurelianus alexander stopped his advance after the fight with porus(greek name) his actual name Purushottam from puru tribe
noone actually won the war. they signed treaty ended up being tride partner
Pushed by Pushyamitra
why does this not have more likes
I almost choked on my food xdddd
Subtle
@Godtuber Adibu in Sanskrit it's Pushpomitra and in Prakrit, it's Pushyamitra
@Godtuber Adibu but Pushyamitra wasn't bengali, he is more likely to be Pushyamishra not mitra, he ruled the region of bengal where most of intellectuals in his court were from so they named him mitra
*Schools do not teach this part of history :-)*
Looks like our planet has a much more mixed history, than one might expect.
Naw it is all about American waging war against north Korea, Iraq syria, afganistan, etc. Coz they want human rights to be established in these countries.
Just wanna add something important here. Eurocentric scholars barely talk about the Indian influences on Greece, both before and after Alexander. Thomas McEvilley was perhaps the first to do extensive research on this subject. India and Greece influenced each other. It's not just Greece that influenced India. It is quite likely that the Pre-Socratics were influenced by Upanishadic and Sramanic Philosophies. This is likely coz the Greeks were in contact with the Indians via the Persian Empire, way before Alexander. Post Alexander, it is likely that the Greeks were influenced by Buddhist Philosophy. Pyrrho lived in India for more than 18 Months. He learnt Indian Philosophy from the Gymnosophists. Buddha had already been dead before Alexander in India. So, either the Stoics or the Epicureans or both were influenced by Indian Philosophy via Pyrrho, who took Indian Philosophy back to Greece. Eurocentric scholars always try too hard to falsify the likelihood of external influences on Greek Philosophy. The Ancient Greeks themselves often gave credit to others, like Egyptians and Indians. Modern day scholars are biased. Diogenes Laertus mentioned that Pyrrho's Equanimity came from India. So, you see, we should come out of this Eurocentric bubble and be honest. Philosophy did NOT begin in Greece and the Greeks did NOT invent it independently. That much is obvious ...
That's because what you read in the books is just a biased opinion . Not facts. I am not talking about all the information
Nah fuck greece
near my city in Punjab there is a place where it is known that Alexander's soilders threw up arms because they wanted to go home and were devastated by alexander's conquest...till this date it is considered an Omen to take the name of place in the morning....it's called Rahon.
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Acha.
Interesting. Thank you.
Oh I didn't knew about that folklore about Rahon! Could you please share more details. Thanks!
Rahon is a historical city that have a story in each part of history...in ramayana dashrat killed shrawan kumar...it is believed that shrawan kumar was taking his blind parents across india and as he was crossing rahon which was jungle at that time he thought of leaving his parents...his dad knew something was wrong and asked him to just take them out if forest atkeast as he crossed rahon he forgot that he even thought about that......in mahbharata when padavas wnet to to exile they lived in rahon for a time...there is suraj kund that is a lond which was made by pandavas...there is a big temple there..there is another kind in kurukshetra... during greek sikandra or alexanders army threw arms at shore of satluj near rahon.... during mughals rahon was 3rd biggest city in asia and had biggeat food market in world but series of attacks shrinked it down...it is believed that rahon is a cursed town and people dont even take its name in the morning...
""Pushed by Pushyamitra", he was born for this!
Pushyamitra shunga is even sometimes referred to as Vikramaditya, since he reduced the Greek influence in the region and took back many Indian cities.
Who will push back British gay marriage
Lol this comment is sooo underrated
Murderer of bhudism ......and these brahmins accused Muslim for extinct of bhudism in India .... double faced
@@BirendraKumar-yt6qy He was the killer of indo-greek Buddhist not the real indian Buddhist.
More on India please. So much to cover!
Most Indo-greeks practiced a mix of Hinduism,Buddhism,Greek religion & Zorostriansim which depends on their location ,like the Bactrians followed Greek religion + Zorostrianism while those of Gandhara Followed greek religion +buddhism ,those in Punjab followed Hinduism + greek religion.Archaelogical evidence exists of A Greek Ambassador erecting a pillar in honor of Vishnu -Bhagvata in central India.
By the way the Stoic philosophy ,the Buddhist philosophy & the Vedantic philosophy are very similar.
Source?
@@subhanhasan990tsikfm Thesr all are well known facts, not some new theories. You may use Google.
@@subhanhasan990tsikfm vidisha(old name besnagar ) pillar by heliodorus ..
@Yvng_ Jeet Yes it's one of the later religion in Punjab
@Yvng_ Jeet Yeah Sikhism appeared much late in Punjab and even then had the greatest influence in the region then any other religion that pre-dated Sikhism. Punjab and whole India owes both its prestige and independence from various attackers to the Sikhism. Sikhism is the greatest thing that happened to Punjab and whole India.
It’s crazy that Greeks had influence so far away and for so long.
It’s one of the most fascinating part of world history. One may say bad or good about Alexander, but there is no denying about not only his influence but about the innumerable able and efficient rulers and generals he created along the way who ruled his satrapies and their descendants who were equally capable. I regret the fact that Indo Greek traditions and histories are not given proper attention in sub continental ancient history. We Indians inherited a lot from this period of history and we should accept it. Greeks contributed a lot to Buddhism then and the Buddhist art and literature flourished in India because of them and kushanas took it from Greeks and spread Buddhism to China and east Asia bcoz of which they are Buddhist today
Kuntal Choudhury we in Greece don't learn those things in school either, and it's a fascinating time of history as you said!
Macedonian Empire.
@@skoy21 I have learned all this and many other surprising things about the Greeks by myself and have been spreading this for 6 years now to countless of youtube video's. Indeed you don't learn this at school just like that. But Greece is known as the most influential civilization on the planet. And anyone who actually dives in world history and Greek history like I have done in the last 10 years on almost daily basis, came to actually know what being the most influential actually means. Greece has profound influences in almost any corner of the world. And video's like these are merely parts of this everlasting grandeur created by the Greeks. It's impressive to know that Greece is not the most populous country, nor the biggest space in the world. But it is a nation that has everything there is, which is at the source to Greece's incredible history
It’s not really that surprising. Every tribe/nation has their time. The Romans at one point, the Arabs and the English/British as of now all have had global influence. Before all these people, the Indo-European tribes went apeshit and spread their languages all across the globe.
I’d love to see a live-action adaptation of this time period.
I am working on it!
@@ratnadeepsharma964 really?
That would be so fire
India is more Macedonia than FYROM will ever be.
I Hope you understand that we live in 2019 @evansdrad
This is Europe we'are talking about not Africa @evansdrad
ukraine and russia are a different story they are trying to find their way through diplomacy and courts. Even though Putin invaded crimea a war is not going to happen between them. @evansdrad
in modern era there are not going to be wars more like short conflicts which will be ending with decisions from the counsil of U.S. If US Wants a war there are the only ones who can start it not any other country @evansdrad
@evansdrad Russia and Ukraine are both not in NATO neither European Union. If we declared war on FYROM we would be immediately forced to stop.
Respect Greeks from India
@@harshupadhayay5520 Wow. Talking about inferiority complex. What about Indians seeing themselves as a inferior race? And the many levels of racism and the hostility against women? You should first go to Greece before judging. Greeks are incredibly warm and hospitable people and if you're a good enough soul, they will give incredible warmth to anyone.
@@Ptolemy336VV hostility against women really?
is india the only nation where women face hostility
dumb fuck just go through the crime statatics of your country you have way more hostility there than india
@Criminology 101 Ehh NO. RE-READ: "Talking about inferiority complex. What about Indians seeing themselves as a inferior race? And the many levels of racism and the hostility against women? You should first go to Greece before judging. Greeks are incredibly warm and hospitable people and if you're a good enough soul, they will give incredible warmth to anyone."
Which implies I addressed the person who told a lie. Instead since I have actually been there researched the world and India plentifully, and have on personal accounts numerous of things experienced which can conclude the matter at hand. Many Indians live in extreme poverty. Fact. hundreds of millions of Indians cannot read or write. Fact. Indians have a caste system. Fact. Many millions of Indians have to fight for even the most basic things among each other. Fact. HENCE the cultural phenomenon of racism of Indians among each other. "I am better, you are shit". "I am rich you are poor" "I am good looking, you are ugly".
This plays an important role in Indian society as nothing is for granted. Most homes still live of dung piles and the level of racism among each other is immense also do to again the caste system. Jealousy among Indian men is also frequent on a cultural level on a level you don't see anywhere else. Am I thus proving this guys points? NO. I am proving MY point. As I have not addressed anyone racially. I have simply stated world wide facts.
@Heat Ray Whatever you say, my point is correct. The initial comment is about respect. Then the person replying to it talks about inferiority complex in such a way that it peeked my curiosity while knowing fully well the problems within the state of India. And merely stating the facts does not make me a racist nor a hater. I have no dislike against India, and nor am I Greek. 2 inaccuracies by prejudice people here. So again. How can you dislike it when I'm merely stating facts. There are entire essays and university studies dedicated to racism and the caste system within India which stimulates inferiority/superiority. So no. My words are not some garbled nonsense as you like to trivialize it to, but actual facts. Now without insulting you back, have a nice day
@Criminology 101 Again. I have stated world wide accepted facts. That doesn't make me a hater, nor generalizations. I mention that hundreds of millions are illiterate. That is based on statistics and it's not the entire nation. It's what it is a significant portion of the country. And then you're (which is what I meant with inferiority) trying to disdain European countries with inaccuracies and how a person cannot get into being a president. In the west anyone and anything can become a president, prime minister, queen, pop-star, or anything else. Even the king of the Netherlands has a news reader from Argentina as his wife and queen. But again. If that's how you roll, then that is fine. And let's not make it a comparison case between Europe and India with the arguments that you where trying to give for all the respectful reasons out there one could give.
Fun fact: in the Darbar hall of the rashtrapati bhavan (the Indian presidential palace) there is a statue of lord Buddha dating to about 4th century ad. The statue was discovered near the gandhara region (modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan). It bears striking resemblance with the sculptures of classical rome and Greece.
Love from Greece🇬🇷
Greek-indians-persians-chinese shaped what the modern world is today...these great empires and ancient super powers will always be loved...hate as much as you want haters....😊😊😊
@iruz29 Egyptians had no influence as these four empires had...also they had no fights in ancient times..the only thing they had was pyramids and some business hubs
@iruz29 i am sorry I did not mention egyptians out of arrogance..although it crossed my mind but did not write it.
@iruz29 bro dwarka is a submerged city near the coast of Gujarat... It's no more.
@iruz29 I'd argue only the Greeks have shaped the world. As the Greeks, indirectly or directly, influenced western civilisation, which in turn is the dominant global culture.
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Pheonicia, Asia Minor???
As Indian I Love Greek People And Their Culture 😍😘 Love From India 🇮🇳
Do the Gupta empire, when 0 and many many mathematical discoveries were made, the story of how trigonometry was invented is very interesting and how the Indian word changed over time into Sin, Cos, Tan! The Guptas were amazing!
@Pichkalu Pappita I was talking about the gupta dynasty tbh
Thank you guys😘😘😘
0 was not discovered during Gupta Empire. Decimal 0 was developed in 500BC and Gupta empire was 500AD
@Pichkalu Pappita Modi is a "OBC" so Brahmins are not in power.
Sorry but the Gupta dynasty was responsible for the birth of caste system as well.
So the Greeks were the first European presence in India
They were the first Western Buddhists
@@Eagle57-n6e Tocharian were lived in central Asia / modern day Kazakhstan
Yeah because the rest of Europe hadn't seen the light of civilization yet
Europeans were not even a civilization they were still living like subhumans in caves when greece and Aryawarta (India) were doing business and wars
in contrast, south Indian kingdoms were pretty chilled out
Their Harlem's were full of bitches
Didn't the cholas spread hinduism to SE asia? Doesn't sound very chill to me.
This is in BC. South Indian history starts mostly in late ADs.
@@Ab_someone one of them was your mother !!
@Hilly AJ, Buddy...even the universe isn’t that old.
"However here he was _pushed_ back, by the Brahmin king _pushyamitra_ "
So
@@indrason6974 get the pun idiot?
mitra means friend i think, so it becomes push ya frien lol
@@surajsharma1992 lol
@@surajsharma1992 I would give a 'like' for your name and not your comment 😂
India greece best friends 🇮🇳❤🇬🇷
Ancient brothers 🇬🇷❤️🇮🇳
@@vag_grig8105ancient enemy. Our king fought war with your king celucus and we won the war.
@@abhinaysingh8306stfu gtfoh boi u smell bad. we got an alliance so suck it 😂🤝🍆🍒.
Greece and India one of the oldest friends! 🤘
Chandragupta Maurya 😎
Rised from a Slave to a King.
Thanks to Chankya for Education and development of Chandragupta Maurya.
🙃
Kounsa slave?
Kuchh bhi bakchodi pelte rehte ho!
tv se history mat sikho... book se padho
@Politically Incorrect Bender yes
Chutiye he was a local warlord or a village chieftain. Chanakya saw his capabilities and trained him
King & General: THANK YOU... for anticipanting in my request for more about the "lost trace of the Greek-Macedonian culture in India"
THANK YOU for your excellent work ! BRILLIANT...
As historian and tourguide in Greece (born in Pella, Macedonia GREECE) all I can say is: thaank you for loving culture and Greece, as much as we do ! deep respect....LOVE from GREECE.
Thank you for watching!
dude , i was watching you since when you were 150 - 200 sub , dam the quality of the video went up !
I think I remember your nickname :-) Thanks for being with us for so long!
Kings and Generals for sure man ! I always liked you’re video . I don’t often comment but I always watch every video you post 😁 .
Nitpicking here, but "Alkidemos" is a compound word, from "alki", meaning strength in combat, and "demos", meaning people, so I am surprised you have chosen to interpret "Athena Alkidemos" as Athena the Savior; I believe something like Athena the Strength of the People conveys the sentiment more accurately. At any rate, savior would be "soter" and, in fact, this exact word features in the inscription on the obverse of the same coin at 9:50, which reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, meaning "of King Menander the Savior". Obviously you are also aware of the fact that the epithet "Soter/Savior" was claimed by many Hellenistic rulers as well (Ptolemy I, Antiochos I, Diodotos I, Demetrios I of the Seleucids etc), which is another reason why translating "alkidemos" as the same thing seems weird.
I think you are right. Δήμος means not people in general, but the people of a city in particular (the word democracy/δημοκρατία comes from it) . The original Hellenic/Greek words for whoever is curious:
Αθηνά Αλκίδημος
and Σωτήρ
So Αθηνά Αλκίδημος must mean something like "Athena , who preserves a powerful city" , or "Athena who give power/strength to the people of the city", and of course Σωτήρ is Savior
@@georgiosdoumas2446 Good point, didn't occurr to me, but it's true
Alexander the Great Greek hero
ALEXANDER IS A MYTH.
5:13 Sankhya- maths
Yoga- yoga
Nyaya- law
Vaishyashika - knowledge of philosophy.
I can speak little Sanskrit and this is the meaning I know of these words
Four of Six Orthodox schools of Hindu Philosophy.
Sankhya literally translates to number
The Nyaya didn't mean the law as we perceive it now like courts and justice etc..
It was school of logic and study of matter and natural laws
Sent me head over heels again with more excellent coverage of this subject.....if you don't watch out your gonna get another patreon supporter......gonna happen anyhow......just waiting for credit card to arrive.Thanks for your awesome work.
Thanks for considering supporting us - means the world
@@KingsandGenerals No prob........after all.....your rockin my world!
Alexander: Ahh!! We have conquered the world, What should we do now?
General: Sir, let's name the newly founded settlements in Egypt, Persia , Aghanistan .
Alexander: Alexandria, Alexandria and Alexandria
General: And the one in India?
Alexander: How about........ Alexandria ?
General: Oo
It reminded me of THE DICTATOR - Aladeen.
And he would have lost
Lol the World
His kingdom doesn't even makes it to the top 20 list
@@human3213 What u smoking brah, can i have some?
*clapping* GENIUS!!!
This channel has so SO much high quality content than any other infographic channel can ever have.
Going through the ancient texts, researching all the way through the vast history and the animations are top-notch. Best of luck for your success and keep educating 💯
Thanks!
Great work! It's a very well-researched video. You are also one of the few if not the only RUclips channel to produce quality content about the easternmost Greeks in the Hellenistic period & their interactions with natives of ancient Central Asia, India, and China. Your presentation of the Seleucids, Greco-Bactrians, Indo-Greeks, Kushans, even the Western Han dynasty of China and Emperor Wu's War of the Heavenly Horses in Ferghana & Bactria makes your channel tower above the rest.
It's actually based on the Great Courses lecture videos, focusing on Greeks
Graphics are good but there is some false information....
@@user-pj7zj6wz1l truly agreed bro
@@user-pj7zj6wz1l no were in history did the greeks At all had relationships with indians AT ALL NEVER DID THEY yo wtf kings and generals arr puting lies on the internet I'm so fucking upset the greeks were more influenced and by persians and thier culture was related more to persian cultur and also other things which the greeks have relationships more with for greeks
@@justgamesaaron7968 You're an uneducated idiot. Learn how to read and do research on the internet, you barbarian.
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Ancient greeks have more common with Hinduism than Chritianity
@@copypastebot2052 oh I see, Thank you for the information.
The Greeks were everywhere from Gibraltar in the west to India in the east.
I love Greek history. Every time you guys make Greek content I get chills.
SwimmerBlue14 Greek just Copy mate they’re a waste
@@Cyclop yap we molested them and their army 14 times
@@Cyclop dont speak for things you dont know or you dont understand its a shame.
@@ss-cw6he You Indian "nationalists" are pathetic. You couldn't "molest" the British, who conquered you from the other side of the planet and you were one of the most populated nations in the world, both in that time and also Alexander's and his succesors' time. You "managed" to preserve your land from heavily outnumbered and medium-power greek kingdoms, further from their homeland than any Indian army could have marched and survived throughout your history. Please stop talking about the military virtue of Greece, it's an insult to History coming from Indians. You can stick to other aspects of your rich history.
@@mattkoum i guess ur fakest shit history writers didn't mention Britishers used to tight with modern weapons guns and artillery while India and other asian nation was fighting with swords and shield.
Surely satanicnity followers love to remain in ignorant mode
Shitty abrahmic swine cult followers
Greek DNA is in the entire eastern countries.
How India survived
India vs Greece dynasties
India vs roman dynasties
India vs Hans dynasties
India vs Gurid dynasties
India vs Gaznavi Dynasties
India vs islamic dynasties
India vs mongol
India vs Mughal
India vs 5 European countries
Still India survived with its continuous and unbroken ancient civilization
Maybe Pushyamitra was born to *push* Menander?!
milinda*
Amusingly enough push ya mitra (mitra means womb in Greek) pun intended.
@@eliaskonstas5250 mitra means friend in hindi
@@harshkulshrestha9440 Also in Sanskrit
He tried to suppress Buddhism
Which he successfully did in some Indian territory
But not the whole world...
for a woman to have this mix sounds beautiful - Indo~Greek
I am❤️
@@medusachristo3725 STFU bitch
If you have Punjabi friends from India, you might see it on the faces of some of them, greek ancestry is quite visible in the faces of many modern Sikhs in India and also in Punjabi Pakistanis. (Sikhs belong to Indian or eastern Punjab and Pakistan has western Punjab)
@@NatrajChaturvedi yes even i can give the pictures from google images their facial structure
Indian genes are too strong. Everyone comes out looking like a different shade of Indian.
The area of Pakistan where my family come from was part of the Gandhara civilization. There were indo-greek coins and other artifcacts found near my village a few decades ago. I've heard that my tribe are descendents of the mighty king Porus :) The ancient history of the land fascinates me :) 🇵🇰 ❤ 🇬🇷 🇵🇰 ❤ 🇮🇳
Pakistan has so much history
What is your “tribe” called? There has been various claims to King Porus. The three theories I have seen are that King Porus was either Saini, Khatri or Mohyal Brahmin. Also genetic research shows that Jatts, Awans, Pashtuns, Kohistanis and Khatris are descended or genetically related to Gandharis.
@@दीपकनागर-थ5छ no one cares if it was a part of India and it was nearly 75 years ago not anymore so we have our own history
@@irpmedia6600 In history 75 years mean nothing
and even that history is full of chaos, military losses , military coups and full of evy type of shit.
@@irpmedia6600 you have imported history ,you read history of invaders especially Turks and Arabs ..🥴🥴
My grandfather is older than your Pakistani history 🤣🤣🤣
Alexander the Great created the Great Greek empire.
Great video. Small correction: The Buddha spoke Magadhi Prakrit, NOT Pali as stated in the video. It's an easy mistake to make when the earliest Buddhist texts were written in Pali (The Pali canon).
There be talks about Hellenic Influence on Judaism, and of course the Maccabees.
One including the Herodean dynasty and their armies would be even more fascinating
Yes please !!
Or maybe the about Jewish influences on hellenic culture (like artifacts containing Hebrew inscriptions found around the hellenic world)
@@ShawarMoni greeks were more influenced by persians than indians, greeks NEVER had relationships with indians its false bullcrap
@@justgamesaaron7968 lol wut? Where did I mention Indians?
Still now in India we have Greek descendent villages named Dah and Hanuh situated in Ladakh.
The hellenestic empire of Alexandros = modern Greece, bulgaria, fyrom, india, iran, pakistan, turkey, siria, irak, iran, armenia,Afghanistan Azerbaïdjan, Turkménistan, Ouzbékistan, lebanon , egypt , lybia .Greeks rules 🇬🇷👏👏 🇬🇷🤝🇪🇸
Hellenistic Buddhists! How fascinating : )
The image of Buddha himself is Greek art as it says in the video. Same for the Terracotta army in China - there was no local pre-existing art that realistically portrayed the human form and so it is believed the introduction of human statues is the result of Greek art being introduced - quite possibly by Hellenistic Buddhists who emigrated to China.
Hames Evans just say greeks copied buddhism
@@human3213 bro from your spam in the comments section, is visible you need one thing.. COPIUM 🤣😂
There are much more.
If FYROM wants exclusivity to the name Macedonia they will have to change their official language to Greek for this corresponds with the Ancient Macedonian language. Greeks embrace everyone as a Hellene as long as they speak Greek. You cannot have Bulgarian speaking Slavs of FYROM claiming they are Antiques. It’s ridiculous
h ey yes that’s why he whrote i Alexander/Εγώ ο Αλέξανδρος ,and not i alexandrovic milos philippvic argeadic.. incredible e?? Antique boys vardaska
@h ey You can't just come to a history channel and poison the comments with filthy lies. ''Εστιν ουν Ελλάς και η Μακεδονία''. ''Macedonia is also Hellas''. Στραβων.
@h ey The meaning is still the same. Macedonia is Greece, thanks for correcting me.
alus nova I’m descend of Phoca family,what’s your point?
alus nova well ,turn back the time and ask Tito and Stalin..
Seems Buddhism was all the fad during that period
n buddha was the most popular hipster of his time. kinda like john Lennon during 80s
@@diplodocus3 and then the jihadis came....
@@diplodocus3 muslim destroyed our culture honestly.
@@pritsingh9766 nope not totally they were assimilated but islam really did. Nalanda was destroyed by Khilji
@@dawnfm00 What the literal fuck. Vedas have hymns to a deity called 'Rudra'. Which later on became Shiva. Saivism did exist during that time. But, that huns being Shaivites is absolutely bullshit.
Hii ancient neighborh 🇬🇷 Greece 💗 love from India 🇮🇳
Greeks, the fought each other from Greece, Western Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Egypt, Iran, and even India. Do they ever get along?
They also fought in China
@Konstantinos Panousopoulos Damn son
Lol and they lost all of them🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@human3213 they had a huge influence that you can still see now
You are Right. That's why, no person as Noble as Buddha ever came out of Greece ...
Let's get a vid on the Tamils! It's always funny that in both these videos whenever someone claims to be the 'Emperor of All India' there should be a little Tamil guy waving from that blank space at the bottom of the map "except us, mate!"
True! It's ancient myth that after Tamil Nadu a great continent lies beneath Water. Also recently they found civilization site in south Tamil Nadu where people had trade with Greeks and Romans
@@harsimransingh3314 Moreover what was North Indians doing not invading or ruling any part of South India when they had chances? Most Indian Kingdom couldn't able extend their vast area even to south mostly
@@harsimransingh3314 Tipu Sultan was during British, before British they were only Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism in Southern parts... I think you may revisit the history and all those Maps of the kingdoms, in all those they extended only upto Deccan plateaus. But you claim it Child play that is your opinion, but I don't think so it was something that held North Indians not to invade South India to expand even their Kingdom till south.... (If you say far and if they can reach until Deccan Plateau I don't think it's far from there either)
@@harsimransingh3314 Every State has unique talent, if you think hand alone can win then why do you need heads and legs..
@@harsimransingh3314 Started this BS again. Can't you North/South Indians just live quietly together? What use are your ancestors deeds to you now? Just enjoy History, and stop dividing yourself based on that. You're not living in the Mauryan or Chola Empire anymore
Very well presented!
Greek Buddhists! That's something I didn't know up till now!
I remember taking a “non-western culture” class that concentrated on art. In it, we learned about specific elements that go into deptictions of Buddha, but it was never mentioned that the statues were influenced by Greek art-styles. It is fascinating to learn that! And it kinda makes sense that the Greek influence would give rise to such specific elements and forms.
@Aryan Jaiswal Interesting. I'll have to look into the differences.
All Indian Architectural Knowledge comes from Greece and all Greek Architectural Knowledge comes from Egypt ...
(Edit : Many are criticising me in the comment section. So let me just cite my Sources.
For the Egyptian Origin of Greek Architecture, read 'Chapter 4' of 'Pharaohs Fellahs and Explorers' by Egyptologist 'Amelia Edwards'.
For the Greek Origin of Indian Architecture, read 'The Ship in the Cave : The Greek and Nautical Origins of Buddhist Architecture'.)
@Mr. Pokhrel That is what people like you say when they don't know the facts ...
@@DipayanPyne94 moron. I hope this is not coming from white supremacy. To think u were superior. A culture that was slave loving? Plz.
@@DipayanPyne94 Not the architect but a strand of sculpture, more specifically the Gandharan sculpture where bactrian sculptures worked on Budhist themes. The Buddhist images all over the eastern world was a consequence of Gupta era Mathura art. Would love to know your source for making such outlandish claim though.
I love the history in this part of the world~!!!
I find that there is little in the west about his part of the world history (and also in the east) because there is a lack of people to truly "claim" these history for cultural narratives. For the modern Greeks, because it's so far off it is something exotic at most, for the locals who lived in the area it's the history of strangers from eons back. But for what it was, when it was alive, it was absolutely remarkable, nothing less than something to the level of Yuan dynasty in China where east met west and both created something so remarkable that if it's not written in history one can scarcely believe it happened at all.
Thank you so much for covering this
@@netrunningnow Same for northern Indians and some Afghans right? Ethnically...maybe, there might be some traces, but culturally I think the very Greek fabrics has largely either dissipated or incorporated into the general Indian aesthetics: architecture, fashion of the old sculptures etc. Like- I'm not sure if there is any local traditions that's distinctively labeled and preserved as "Greek" ones that's still been followed by the inhabitants today.
For us Pakistanis it doesn't matter.It's cool but not as necessary as what came after it to the government atleast.Tis a shame to throw away our ancient heritage.
@@bloodfiredrake7259 I have a friend who has Kalashi lineage, and apparantly in ancient time they are descended from Iskander's Greeks.
@@bloodfiredrake7259 I am from India as you can see from my name. We in India are now rediscovering all the greatness of Indian civilization of the past and I have always wondered how things are in Pakistan. Indian civilization started from the Indus Valley and science is now showing that Indus people were the same as the present day people and that there was no Aryan invasion. Don't the people in Pakistan feel some connection to their past. I mean Islam came from outside and follows Judeo-Christian tradition. Our ancestors were all part of the Dharmic traditions of Indian civilization. Is there any feeling in Pakistan that they have lost their ancient heritage?
Rahul Yadav - There is ample - scientific, genetic, historical - evidence for an Arian invasion of India. It's not the whole story but part of the story. Why be so parochial? The central Asian horsemen invaded Europe also. Europeans and Indians are all descendants of the same conquering forefathers. Embrace the glorious history rather than trying to hide from it. Om Shanti.
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KASHMIR WAS ORIGINALLY A BRAHMINS LAND
I wonder if that syncretion could have happened anywhere else. India always seems very open to other cultures, adding them to the what seem like thousands already there.
Subcontinent great back then, today the western frontiers of India and beyond are more uncertain and conflict filled.
Greeks living in Hellenic Ptolemaic Kingdom incorporated ancient egyptian gods into their religion
It's a double edged sword
If there is any era, I would like to go back in History, then it would be this,,
Imagine studying in a school, with Hindu, Buddhist and Greek schools of thought,,
As indian, it is very shocking, at high school level or college, we didn't really study about this indo greek kingdom in details,we just heard that Alexander the king invade india and conquered some part of it. Maybe it is embarrassing to ancient indian history since it was prime of India era
Amazing work. I'm greek and i've never heard about this. On the other hand how much history can they teach us in secondary education...
Yeah, they have limited time. Thanks for watching!
Most people don't know this but the Indo-Greek kingdom was like a family reunion, without them realizing it. The Indians and Greeks met after splitting off from their common ancestors thousands of years ago from the Indo-Europeans.
Not exactly but you are partially correct
Greek gods are very similar to Indian Devtas(gods)
Those Indo-Greek kingdoms later became Indo-Scythians which were then destroyed by Samrat Vikramaditya
I’m of Indian origin, but have always loved Greek culture and history. I for one, I’m proud of my Indo Greek heritage.
BTW, if you love history, Kings and Generals is a must. Excellent work again guys, keep em coming.
Usecriticalthinking
Yes, definitely. I’ve been thinking about doing one of those. 23andme, things.
@Usecriticalthinking It would probably be a very small percentage, seeing how many generations removed Indians are from the Indo-Greek era! But I'm sure it's somewhere in there!!
Hello
'This created a schism among the Greeks" as a Greek this brought me to laughter. If only we didnt have so much division among us.. Love the channel!
Love to my Greek friends of Greece
God. This serie is so interesting. as I've not even ever heard about Greek India at all.
Here in India we had lesson in history about this, btw, even today there are people in Himachal Pradesh of India, NW Pakistan who resemble more like European than native Subcontinental.
Here in north Pakistan people have blonde hair and blue eyes. They are descendants of Alexander the great army
The last Greek kingdom
What about Thrace?
Perhaps the last (?) Hellenistic kingdom, but definitely *not* the last Greek kingdom...
Jason Doe trying to say ? That there is different between Hellenistic (Ελληνική περίοδο ) and Greek (Ελληνική ) is totally the same. And at ancient time’s,yes ! Was the last
Μιχάηλ Φούκας, for example:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece
Also, _Hellenistic_ != _Hellenic_ , so *no* it is not at all "the same" as _Greek_ ...and to my knowledge there is no such a thing as a "Hellenic period" (which is what you wrote in Greek).
@@jasondoe2596 Hellenic means Greek Greece is also named Hellas
I loved the Greek history because of Alexander the Great
DID YOU KNOW THAT ALEXANDER IS A MYTH.
The Greeks were truly astonishing 😁
*A schism among the greeks
Hey, I've heard this one.
There were Greeks in Anuradhapura kingdom sri lanka...the ancient chronicle mahawansa says that king pandukabhaya allocate large area for a greek colony..in sinhalese it was called "yonaka janapada"
I am amazed !!!...😳😳😳🤷♂️
dont be amazed.. those greeks were all gay
@gay bottom yes because porus cut off his family jewel
Greeks lost
@@human3213 What are you trying to prove? Your cheap inferiority complex? Who cares who won or lost. The fact that two unique cultures intermixed at one point is the main focus here.
Go spread your low IQ jingoism elsewhere, Sanghi.
There is a Greek descendant community living in northern Pakistan.
But saar who needs Greek family , saar we need Turkish family saar, turkey is Pakistan's best friend and all Greeks and indians are our enemies saar, Turkish women very butiful saar, turkey enemy is greece and pakistan enemy is india saar, so Turkey and pakistan are blood brothers saar
Due to Indo Greek connections , Now I could believe why Hrithik Roshan is called a Greek God 🤣
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LIST OF MAGADH 🚩 , INDIA 🇮🇳 KINGDOM FROM 4159 BC
1. descendant of Samvarna and Kuru4159 - 4071
2. Unknown King4071 - 3999
3. Sudhanvan, Parikshit, Prajana, Jaghnu or Johnu or Yaju3999 - 3919
4. Suhotra3919 - 3826
5. Chyavana3826 - 3788
6. Krimi (or Kriti)3788 - 3751
7. Chaidya or Uparicharavasu or Pratipa3751 - 3709
8. Brihadradha-I (the founder of the Magadha Kingdom)3709 - 3637
9. Kusaagra3637 - 3567
10. Vrishabha or Rishabha3567 - 3497
11· Satyahita3497 - 3437
12. Pushpa or Punya3437 - 3394
13. Satyadhrithi or Satyahita3394 - 3351
14. Sudhanvan II or Dhanusha3351 - 3308
15. Sarva3308 - 3265
16. Bhuvana or Sambhava3265 - 3222
I7. Jarasandha (originally named Brihadradha II, killed by Bheema)3222 - 3180
18. Sahadeva (died in the MahaBharata War)3180 - 3137
19. Marjari or Somapi3138 - 3080
20. Srutasrava3080 - 3016
21. Apratipa or Ayutayu3016 - 2980
22. Niramitra2980 - 2940
23. Sukrutta or Sukshatro2940 - 2882
24. Brihatkarma2882 - 2859
25. Syenajit2859 - 2809
26. Srutamjaya2809 - 2769
27. Mahabala or Vibhu2769 - 2734
28. Suchi2734 - 2676
29. Kshemya2676 - 2648
30. Anuvrta or Suvrata2648 - 2584
31. Dharmanetra or Sunetra2584 - 2549
32. Nirvrutti2549 - 2491
33. Suvrata2491 - 2453
34. Dhrudhasena or Mahasena2453 - 2395
35. Sumati or Mahanetra2395 - 2362
36. Suchala or Subala2362 - 2340
37. Sunetra2340 - 2300
38. Satyajit2300 - 2217
39. Veerajit or Viswajit2217 - 2182
40. Ripunjaya2182 - 2132
41. Pratyota2132 - 2109
42. Paalaka2109 - 2085
43. Visaakhayupa2085 - 2035
44. Janaka or Suryaka2035 - 2014
45. Nandivardhana2014 - 1994
46. Pratyota and sisunaga Dynasty 1994- 1634
47. Mahapadma Nanda1634 - 1546
48. Saumalya and his 7 brothers1546 - 1534
Haryanka dynasty
Bimbisara (reigned c. 546-494 BCE)
Ajatashatru (c. 494-462 BCE)
Udayin (c. 462-446 BCE)
Anuruddha and Munda (c. 446-438 BCE)
Nagadasaka (c. 438-414 BCE) Shishunaga dynasty
Shishunaga (c. 414-396 BCE)
Kalashoka (c. 396-368 BCE)
Ten sons of Kalashoka (c. 368-346 BCE)
Nanda Dynasty (c. 346-324 BCE)
Maurya Dynasty (322-180 BCE)
Chandragupta Maurya (322 - 297 BCE), founded the Maurya Dynasty.
Bindusara (297 - 272/268 BCE)
Ashoka (272/268 - 232 BCE)
Dasharatha (232 -224 BCE)
Samprati (224 - 215 BCE)
Shalishuka (212 - 202 BCE)
Devavarman (202 - 195 BCE)
Shatadhanvan (195 - 187 BCE)
Brihadratha (187 - 180 BCE)
Gupta Empire ( 180BCE - 500 AD)
What about years 1500 BCE to 500 BCE?
Isme nitish kumar Ko bhi add kro
Where are Sungas?
@@fomoviews2642 search vedveer arya. He have corrected Indian history.
@@dev9077 🤣🤣
"well laid out streets, squares, crossroads and marketplaces" shows hellenic influence! MMmm.. really.. that arrogantly Eurocentric? What about Indus Valley Civilization and its city structure? I hope you do a video on IVC researching properly. Anyway, that was a great episode.
but the indus valley civilization was ash by then I think
Hellenic city planning is quite a particular thing with recognisable traits, this is the point.
Whites, u know?
Once I want to visit wonderful Greece 🇬🇷😍
Curry-d filled gyros, that is all.
Isn't that a tiny bit racist?
Fusion food is racist evidently
To Amarpeet's and alus's point, by that definition most, if not all of the food trucks in the San Francisco Bay Area are racist as there is one that combines Korean/Tex Mex, another that is Indian/Tex Mex, and a fusion of Chinese and, you guessed it, Tex Mex. Basically, beans, meat, and salt are an awesome combination with any number of spices. However, if Kings and Generals has demonstrated nothing else, is that the trajectory of world history seems to be people meeting people, and things blending together. Shoot, I say blend it all together: you get great food, great ideas, and great romance.
lol it aint bad actually
Limited brain.
The Greek culture was spread and influenced the world throught ideas as philosophy art and architecture ! From the Greek colonies in balkans, magna grecia, bosporus in spain and gaul and later through the Romans in most of Europe. From Alexander the Great to east in Asia, Egypt, Persia, India and with Indogreek kindoms through buddism in China far to Japan. Every time people tried to take a step forward looked back in ancient Greece. Renaissance, Muslim golden age, Enlightenment
But those regions were not mainland and Greeks were outsider still infierior to ancient Bharat , ancient India was too power full .
@@Satyam1010-N no
I am from India, still I was not aware of this part of our history. We were not taught. Thanks to you, I learned some thing new at my age of 69+
This is not your history lmao the indo-greek kingdom only includes pakistan and afghanistan no part of india was included in this
@@tanikhan1821 parts of North India were included in it too
It was them who create Buddha statue