1/8/2023 0 Comments Kingdom new lands priestAccording to Chinese sources, the Scythians decimated the Bactrians and subjugated them and then challenged in battle the Arsacids, or the Anxi. North of them, was the Yuezhi, who were more slowly crossing the Kashmir region and acting as possible overlords or as partners with the Scythian tribes that conquered the Bactrians. His realm was taken in a tide by the Scythians who divided up Bactria among themselves and pushed both west, east and south. Scythian nomads, pushed south into Bactria Eucratides I was defeated decisively in 145-144 BCE and seemingly slew in the conflict. In 145 BCE, the first rumblings of trouble occurred. His coinage becomes predominant across northern South Asia, implying a general Indian hegemony over South Asia and dominance of his realm over the rival Shunga. Menander I then seems to have extended his influence across the Gujarat and other areas. This was seemingly a massive success, as the Bactrians were defeated soundly and fled by the year 148 BCE. However, Eucratides I pushed into Arachosia around the year 149 BCE, forcing Menander I back to the west to stifle the Bactrian incursion. In said war, Menander I was able to defeat the Shunga and pushed deep into the Gangetic plain, capturing Pataliputra and subjugating the region and in theory, the Shunga. Menander I was in his early rule, preoccupied from 153-149 BCE with a major war with the Shunga. During his reign, he was opposed on either side by enemies, namely in the northwest by Eucratides I of Bactria who in 163 BCE, was made a vassal state of the Arsacids and proceeded to invade India and engage them aggressively on behalf of their overlords and in the southeast by Pushyamitra Shunga (185-149 BCE) of the Shunga empie, a successor of the Magadhi state of the Maurya. Menander I was an energetic and phenomenal king, whose skill in battle was matched and exceeded by his ability to rule. His reign began during the reign of similarly fantastic kings, such as Mithridates I (171-132 BCE) or his formal name Arsaces V and Eucratides I (171-145 BCE) of the Bactrian kingdom. Menander I (155-130 BCE) was the ultimate Indian kingdom of the Greeks in the region. I am not sure that the poster had a POD in mind, I assume it would be between 145-120 BCE, the critical three decades of the Indian kingdom's period. ![]() This Indian section was the most important of the two and was the crown jewel of the monarchs of the respective regions. ![]() India, the main political unit, would have included from Gandhara southward to the end of the Indus river into the ocean. Arachosia as a unit, would have included much of Drangiana, Paropamisade along the east of the Arius river and also Gedrosia, that being Baluchistan. Arachosia being the areas east of Drangiana. Namely, the Kingdom of Arachosia and India. It was however divided into seemingly two separate realms that were roughly united. This Indian kingdom was referred to as such due to its situated position along the Indus river. This is divergent from the Kingdom of Bactria to its northwest in Central Asia. The Indo-Greek kingdom, was referred to, as I understand and from coinage, as the 'Kingdom of India' or the Kingdom of the Indus. However, to the point of the Indian kingdom.įirst, we must get our terms correct. Arab conquests of the region however are nevertheless plausible, it is not far fetched in the slightest to imagine an Arab conquest of Iran in a scenario without Islam. As such, situations in Arabia are changed mildly, but with mild changes comes significant divergences. Matters would be changed immensely in this scenario due to a divergent Arsacid confederacy, likely no Sassanid revolt and a differentiated Roman Empire and Yuezhi-Scythian invasion trend. ![]() To be clear, my opinion on the matter is that the Islamic innovation in Arabia will not occur wherein a surviving Kingdom of India under the dynasty of Menander remains.
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