tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post6993170682130938131..comments2024-03-29T07:56:55.214-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: Tetradrachm of Eukratides, Bractria (Greek Afghanistan), 160 BCc w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-44568821577339008982022-01-16T22:24:23.734-08:002022-01-16T22:24:23.734-08:00The Bactrian Kingdom, known to historians as the G...The Bactrian Kingdom, known to historians as the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom,[2][3] was a Hellenistic-era Greek state,[4] and along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom, the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world in Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent from its founding in 256 BC by Diodotus I Soter to its fall c. 120–100 BC under the reign of Heliocles II. It covered much of present-day Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and at its zenith, parts of Iran, Pakistan. Bactria was ruled by the Diodotid dynasty and rival Euthydemid dynasty. The capitals of Ai-Khanum and Bactra were among the largest and richest of antiquity - Bactria itself was known as the ‘land of a thousand golden cities’. The Indo-Greek Kingdoms, as Bactrian successor states, would last until 10 AD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com