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