The Greek rule in Ancient India

The Greek rule in India was an important period in Ancient Indian History. It began with Alexander's invasion of India and lasted up until the 1st century BC. The interaction between the Indian and the Greeks, which resulted because of this rule had a great impact on both the culture. In this video, I outline the history of Greek rule in India and its various aspects.
Sources
1. Ancient India, from the earliest times to the first century, A.D
by E. J. Rapson
2. The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks
by Richard. Stoneman
3. The Greeks in India by George Woodcock
4. The Yavana Presence in Ancient India (Article) by Himanshu P. Ray
5. The Age of Imperial Unity (The History and Culture of the Indian People Vol.2)
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[@rahuls8764]

More indians should learn about our history

[@raginisingh2251]

Nice lecture ,apke lecture se concept bilkool clear ho jata h

[@raghuls1515]

Greeks were indo greeks not greeks of europe & ruled some parts of western india ...

[@PavaniGanga]

Helpful map of Greek rule period--because we get a sketch of several important river systems . Usually we don't find such a sketch because national borders cut off the picture.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Glad you found it helpful.

[@saurabhlimbad7634]

Hi Jay.. it really facinates me that yavana people followed buddha and vāsudev. Do u mind sharing where is the location of ashokan bi-lingual inscription in afghanistan. Is it on a rock or somewhere else?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Hi Saurabh, this inscription was found in Kandahar and it is a rock inscription.

[@eklavyagl]

Nice content

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thank you.

[@anselmdanker9519]

Another great presentation on early Indian history.

[@anselmdanker9519]

Does this mean that Mahabarata was written in the period of the Mauryan empire ?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Many thanks!

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I think some verses in Mahabharata were later interpolations. The original texts was certainly older than the Mauryan Period but there were significant addition that took place up until the Gupta period. It was in the Gupta period that Mahabharata took its final form.

[@-wokeleftismisamentaldisorder-]

After Alexanders failed invasion in the Northwest, Samrat Chandragupta Maurya a Native of Magadha Eastern India conquered the Northwest and defeated Alexander's General Seleucus in the area now known as Afghanistan.

[@templer987]

It seems obvious that the war resulted in mauryan victory but where did you get the info about the location of the battle as the info on this event is very limited.

[@stormtrooper8420]

Alexander controlled all parts of indus Rajasthan and Gujarat

[@ShivanshThakur-sh8ub]

​@stormtrooper8420 ur source:i just made that up.

[@akk7791]

Nice

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks

[@kyrioskunder]

Very impressing ! (Athens GRE)

[@ApoorvKhandelwal]

Love to know about shaka, huna and kushana..kindly make videos on them also

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I will make videos on these topics.

[@asfaquealam7030]

Please making the video in Hindi

[@arvinddilu]

If there is mention of yawan in manusmriti then manusmriti has been written after era of Alexander. Same is case of Mahabharat

[@Rajvardhantiwari1103]

Some verses were added later .. Original texts of mahabharata were even older than mauryan

[@arvinddilu]

@@Rajvardhantiwari1103 Possible

[@greaterbharat4175]

@@arvinddilu according to Abhijit chavda ,the all yavana are specific Greeks , and most of Greek are ancestors to ancient helenic ( original name of Greek ) which according to him is rigvedic clan alina ,( like parsu exiled from India and they later known as persian) according to him alina also exiled and they later known as elinis / helinic ( orignal name of Greeks);

[@greaterbharat4175]

@@arvinddilu genetic research of every Greek person show more domination of west asia then Europe , and with Europe it has similarity with indo European genetic ( highest found in indian) ,so they have indian and west Asian ancestory more then Europeans hunter gathers ancestory

[@arvinddilu]

@@greaterbharat4175 Abhijit Chavda is too pro India to be true

[@-wokeleftismisamentaldisorder-]

Another fact. The Indo-Greek Kingdom in the Northwest was defeated by the invading Sakas who were based out of Central Asia.

[@mohitsinghkharkwal1275]

Could you please tell us about people migrated from central asia to himalayas, today who are ancestors of people of uttrakhand, Western Nepal, Himachal, kashmir.... Which are called khas people.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I have tried to search about the Khas people. Some people have earlier also mentioned this. But I couldn't find any credible source on this topic. If in Future, I did find something, I will probably post it on my Twitter account. You can follow me there.

[@erenyeager7372]

bhai, how were gabdikam-kishkinandha according to patanjali (today time) ?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Sorry couldn't understand your question. Can you please elaborate? Thank you.

[@erenyeager7372]

@@JayVardhanSingh patanjali mention six shudras of his time like shakas-yavanam ,gabdikam-kishkinandha

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I looked quite a bit for the Six Shudra, which you have mentioned, but I couldn't find. Can you please provide any reference or source. Thank you.

[@amitbehl6099]

Greeks used to have slaves...so that is why they are they are categorised into 2 castes only Kshatriya & Das.

[@templer987]

The indo greeks who settled in India didn't have a Greek hierarchy code like Greco bacterians

[@badarpurschool9618]

Where are these manuscripts that we see in your podcast

[@meditatingbeastunleashed]

Please make video on kalash people of greek descend from Pakistan 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I don't think that is the case. There are number of Genetic studies that disapproves it. Here is a link. Please read this www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4570283/ Hope it answers your question.

[@guileniam]

Greeks ruled in India*

[@gauravbora1729]

😂😂

[@-wokeleftismisamentaldisorder-]

Alexander after fighting King Puru and the Malli Tribe wanted his men to invade the rest of India. His men already blunted in courage by the beating they got by Puru begged him to not fight the Nanda Dynasty which was based out of Magadha. No Greek ruled over the South either. We defeated and humiliated all the invaders which tried to invade the South. The Sultanate Turks got defeated by the Vijayanagara Empire. The Mughals got defeated and humiliated by the Marathas and their allies in the South. Even the British got beaten several times.

[@ranjeetgodara4035]

Systematic analysis sir

[@punjabiraj2869]

Murti puja in India was introduced by Greeks

[@tj5630]

They did not ruled India, it was a hybrid kingdom look into History even one of the Mauryan king was married to Greek kings daughter.

[@JayVardhanSingh]

I've looked into History and you can too by reading the books that I've mentioned in the description. Also, there's no direct reference to the marriage between a Greek princess and the Mauryan King. This Mauryan king was Chandragupta and some argue that he married the daughter of Seleucus I Nicator. But there's not enough evidence to prove this. You can read Age of the Nandas and Mauryas by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri for more detail.

[@-wokeleftismisamentaldisorder-]

Exactly.

[@templer987]

Many parts of northern india

[@krunaljani6936]

Menander was successful in capturing Indian territory because of weak Mauryan kings after king Ashok that's why last emperor of Mauryan dynasty was killed by his own Army chief Pushyamitra Shunga and this lead to foundation of Shunga dynasty and after that struggle of power started between Shunga dynasty and menander and ultimately Menander was defeated and had to flee India.

[@templer987]

Who cares? Didn't Mauryans overthrew nandas because it was growing weaker. I don't remember reading about menender fleeing India. His successor ruled India for a while

[@rebirth8096]

You donot know Greek word comes from SANKRIT that Greeks god's comes to santhana dramas where we donot worshipped Indra bheema Bheem Hercules they are SANKRIT

[@funlifeshraddha]

Indus valley civilization belong to these greek ruler or it belong to mahabharat era?

[@SMiki55]

Older than both. Harappan / Indus Valley Civilization thrived in the Bronze Age, Mahabharata describes the early Iron Age, and much later there are finally the Indo-Greeks.

[@rakeshgarasia3144]

Meena tribe belong to meenadar because thay are not loke like tribe

[@veshnuadhitya7]

When Greeks ruled north India.

[@templer987]

Many parts of northern India was under Greek control for 2 centuries.

[@raghuls1515]

​@@templer987only north western parts ..

[@-wokeleftismisamentaldisorder-]

Man stop making up fake history. Greeks didn’t rule India till 100 B.C. The Native Mauryan Empire under the rule of Chandragupta Maurya defeated the Greeks and ruled India till 100 B.C. The Mauryan Empire extended all the way to Afghanistan. The Mauryan Empire was formed around 320 B.C. It lasted till the assassination of Brihadratha Maurya.

[@mojarth8110]

Your username suggests that you are nothing but a troll. Who was menander then??

[@templer987]

Do a better research my bro. Greeks invaded India in 180 bce. The Mauryans empire didn't extend to all of the Afghanistan just parts of it. Greco bactria which encompassed all of Afghanistan ceded from selucids before ashokas death. Chandragupta Maurya defeated selucus after prolonged war. He was one of the many successors. Antigonus being the strongest