The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was — along with the Indo-Greek Kingdom — the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world, covering Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia from 250 to 125 BC. The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into northern India from 180 BC established the Indo-Greek Kingdom, which was to last until around AD 10.
Read more about Greco-Bactrian Kingdom: Independence (around 250 BC), Overthrow of Diodotus II (230 BC), Seleucid Invasion, Geographic Expansion, Usurpation of Eucratides, Greek Culture in Bactria
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