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The Bactrian Kingdom: Hellenistic Outpost on the Silk Road
Long before the Silk Road linked China and Rome, a Greek kingdom flourished in what is now northern Afghanistan. The Bactrian Kingdom, born from the breakaway of Seleucid satrap Diodotus around 250 BCE, became a crucible of Hellenistic and Eastern cultures. This episode explores the rise of the Greco-Bactrians, their encounters with Indian empires, and their eventual fall to nomadic invaders. Discover the lost city of Ai-Khanoum, a Greek colony on the Oxus River with an Aristotelian inscription; the reign of King Menander I, who may have converted to Buddhism; and the stunning Tillya Tepe…
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