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Adding another Greecian Satrapian provinces map(300 BCE). However sadly Paropamisadae Province missing in this map . I don't find any other perfect map on wiki common. Maybe in future I update the map naming.
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(Adding another Greecian Satrapian provinces map(300 BCE). However sadly Paropamisadae Province missing in this map . I don't find any other perfect map on wiki common. Maybe in future I update the map naming.) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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It covered much of present-day [[Afghanistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Tajikistan]], and [[Turkmenistan]], and some parts of [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]]. An extension further east, with military campaigns and settlements, had most likely reached the borders of the [[Qin (state)|Qin State]] in 230 BC.<ref>Lucas, Christopoulos. Dionysian Rituals and the Golden Zeus of China. Sino-Platonic Papers 326.</ref><ref>Strabo, Geography 11.11.1</ref> The capitals of [[Ai-Khanoum|Ai-Khanum]] and [[Balkh|Bactra]] were among the largest and richest cities of antiquity; indeed, Bactria was itself known as the ''land of a thousand golden cities''. The Indo-Greek Kingdoms, as Bactrian successor states, would last until 10 AD.<ref>Doumanis, Nicholas. (16 Dec 2009) [https://books.google.com/books?id=vuEcBQAAQBAJ&dq=indo-greek+180+bc+established&pg=PA64 ''A History of Greece'']{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Palgrave Macmillan {{ISBN|978-1137013675}} p 64</ref><ref>[[Christoph Baumer|Baumer, Christoph]]. (11 Dec 2012) [https://books.google.com/books?id=yglkwD7pKV8C&q=greco-bactrians+establish+indo-greeks ''The History of Central Asia: The Age of the Steppe Warriors''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119145809/https://books.google.com/books?id=yglkwD7pKV8C&dq=greco-bactrians+establish+indo-greeks&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s |date=2022-11-19 }} Vol. '''1''' I.B. Tauris, {{ISBN|978-1780760605}} p 289</ref><ref>Kaushik Roy. ( 28 July 2015) [https://books.google.com/books?id=GpNECgAAQBAJ&dq=indo-greek+kingdom+invaded+india&pg=PT34 ''Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119145817/https://books.google.com/books?id=GpNECgAAQBAJ&pg=PT34&dq=indo-greek+kingdom+invaded+india&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAzgKahUKEwjYyoSrwvLIAhVCgA8KHQhgC-g#v=onepage&q=indo-greek%20kingdom%20invaded%20india&f=false |date=2022-11-19 }}. Routledge, {{ISBN|978-1317321279}}</ref> | It covered much of present-day [[Afghanistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Tajikistan]], and [[Turkmenistan]], and some parts of [[Iran]] and [[Pakistan]]. An extension further east, with military campaigns and settlements, had most likely reached the borders of the [[Qin (state)|Qin State]] in 230 BC.<ref>Lucas, Christopoulos. Dionysian Rituals and the Golden Zeus of China. Sino-Platonic Papers 326.</ref><ref>Strabo, Geography 11.11.1</ref> The capitals of [[Ai-Khanoum|Ai-Khanum]] and [[Balkh|Bactra]] were among the largest and richest cities of antiquity; indeed, Bactria was itself known as the ''land of a thousand golden cities''. The Indo-Greek Kingdoms, as Bactrian successor states, would last until 10 AD.<ref>Doumanis, Nicholas. (16 Dec 2009) [https://books.google.com/books?id=vuEcBQAAQBAJ&dq=indo-greek+180+bc+established&pg=PA64 ''A History of Greece'']{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Palgrave Macmillan {{ISBN|978-1137013675}} p 64</ref><ref>[[Christoph Baumer|Baumer, Christoph]]. (11 Dec 2012) [https://books.google.com/books?id=yglkwD7pKV8C&q=greco-bactrians+establish+indo-greeks ''The History of Central Asia: The Age of the Steppe Warriors''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119145809/https://books.google.com/books?id=yglkwD7pKV8C&dq=greco-bactrians+establish+indo-greeks&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s |date=2022-11-19 }} Vol. '''1''' I.B. Tauris, {{ISBN|978-1780760605}} p 289</ref><ref>Kaushik Roy. ( 28 July 2015) [https://books.google.com/books?id=GpNECgAAQBAJ&dq=indo-greek+kingdom+invaded+india&pg=PT34 ''Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119145817/https://books.google.com/books?id=GpNECgAAQBAJ&pg=PT34&dq=indo-greek+kingdom+invaded+india&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAzgKahUKEwjYyoSrwvLIAhVCgA8KHQhgC-g#v=onepage&q=indo-greek%20kingdom%20invaded%20india&f=false |date=2022-11-19 }}. Routledge, {{ISBN|978-1317321279}}</ref> | ||
[[File:SakastanMap.jpg|thumb|Satrapian Provinces 300 BCE]] | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||