Bactria : region between Hindukūsh & Amu Darya or Oxus; its capital was Bactra, ancient Vahlika & Balkh [s/a Ashōka]
... B.C. This agrees very well with the fact that the relations of Margiana and Bactria with Syria developed in the 18th century B.C., while the Proto-Indo-Aryan' dynasty of Mitanni dates at least from the 16th century B.C. The Rgvedic hymns in their turn suggest that part of the Sauma Aryans did not stop in Margiana and Bactria, but continued immediately to northwest India. Such a short stay would well... came, would have first met the Dāsas and Panis on their way in Bactria, before reaching northwest India. This location would be in agreement with the fact that the early Dāsa chief Śambara lived in a mountainous region." 241 Then Parpola draws upon the recent archaeological disclosure of "a previously unknown civilization" in Bactria, "the above-discussed Bronze Age culture of Greater Iran (the Namazga... belong to the Dāsas? Moreover, to our surprise, Parpola, 245 comparing the 245. Ibid. Page 307 Dashly-3 'temple' of southern Bactria with "the slightly later 'temple' discovered at Dzharkutan in northern Bactria" which is "round" yet without three concentric walls, tells us (quoting Sarianidi, as footnote 316 testifies) that both of these buildings "served as temples ...
... evidence that the break away of Bactria from the Seleucids is to be placed in 256-255 B.C." Diodotus reigned up to c. 245 B.C. 3 A glance at the series of the other kings' dates is enough to demonstrate that he and Eumenes fall within the time-span measured by this series. The omission of Eumenes and Diodotus confuses the whole situation, particularly as Bactria where Diodotus reigned is not only... for Alikasudara, remarks: "There were several kings of Asia Minor of equal and higher status whom Aśoka should have mentioned such as Eumenes of Pergama (262-240 B.C.) or, nearer home, Diodotus of Bactria." How natural would have been the inclusion of Diodotus is shown by F. W. Thomas's remarks 1 in the course of determining the date of R.E. XIII: "The omission of the Bactrian ruler Diodotus... of the Taxila site, has yielded some fine jewellery, dating from 250 B.C. and associated with a gold coin of Diodotus. 4 How could Aśoka, round about that time, have slurred over Diodotus and his Bactria? As for Eumenes, it will not do to build a defence for his omission on the fact that he did not officially declare himself king as did his successor Attalus I. There was no question of his not ...
... were some others of equal if not greater importance whose omission from Aśoka's field of Dftawia-propagation is inexplicable e.g. Eumenes of Pergamon (262-240 B.C.) and, nearer home, Diodatus of Bactria (256-245 B.C.). One may also ask why one of the two neighbouring Alexanders - either that of Epirus or that of Corinth - was dropped. All the names can be regarded as unusual Indian or Indo-Irānian... "Chandra", topped by the emblem of Garuda (Eagle) consecrated to the God Vishnu. From this epigraph we may conclude that the Greeks, who in all their early advances towards and into India came via Bactria, old Bāhlīka, modern Page 595 Balkh, were known in the 4th century B.C., as Bāhlīkas and not as Yonas or Yavanas. The latter terms came into vogue in a subsequent period - and ...
... Āvanti, 242 Āvanti-varman, 490 Āvasyaka Sūtra, 178 Avesm.281, 315, 333 Āyu, 96 Āyudhajlvi Sahghas, 250 Babylon, 55, 56, 466, 482 Bacchus, 61, 62, 65, 66 Bactria, 250, 528, 529 Bagchi.P. C, 505, 574 Bāhlīkas/Vāhlīkas, 13. 527-33, 596 Bahrain, 328 Baithana, 476 Baktrioi, 530 Bālāditya, 403, 507, 508, 509, 510, 601, 606 ... S. B., 50, 51 Dikshit, S. K., 454 Dikshitar, V. R. R., 550, 551 dīnāra, 450ff., 602 Diodorus.81, 100, 114, 115. 117, 153-7, 161-3, 169, 173, 175, 177. 184-6, 217, 261; of Bactria, 236-37; Siculus, 237, 238 Dionysius, 226.434, 593 Dionysus, 61, 62.65, 66, 67, 71, 78-90, 92, 93, 95, 111, 119, 223, 243, 260, 261, 579, 580 Dipavamsa, 33.36, 259 ...
... found in situ in course of-excavations. It bears an effigy and inscription of Kanishka." 7. Op. cit., p. 149. Page 23 seems to have originally been a northern district of Bactria." Surely, in India a Turushka or Tukhāra king could hardly have passed as the initiator of a Śaka Era. To consider the Kushāna Kanishka a Scythian monarch responsible for this era is a rather irr... one is nothing incredible in itself. R. K. Mookerji 1 writes: "There was an old Śaka era which started in about 129 or 123 B.C., the year that marked the settlement of the dispossessed Śakas in Bactria after the Parthian Emperor Phraates II was killed." A. K. Narain 2 cites an older Śaka Era, one of 155 B.C., which is "widely accepted". A still older one is also quite on the cards. It would have ...
... who was possibly of the Satavahana Dynasty; the Mehrauli Iron Pillar inscription is by Sandrocottus-Chandragupta-I whose term for the invading Greeks is shown to be "Vahlika" (outsiders from Bactria) which fills in the puzzling gap in Indian records of mention of the incursions by Alexander and Seleucus. It is the founder of the Guptas and not of the Mauryan Dynasty who stands firmly identified ...
... evolution: to develop the body of the Shakti in ourselves. We think that we wage wars, revolutions or crusades; that we evolve philosophy, socialism, capitalism and carve empires from the Hellespont to Bactria; that we create machines, literature, good and bad, and little children. But all the while it is the Shakti growing in us, through good and bad, through socialism or despotism, and even through our ...
... Younger, 271, 272, 402 Avestan (language), 208, 210, 267, 294, 318, 329, 369, 400, 402 ayas, āyasi, 193, 234, 235, 236 axes, ceremonial, 281-2 azis dahako, 329 Bactria, 207, 211, 228, 283, 284, 287. 295, 297, 305-8, 310, 312, 318. 320 Bactrian camel, see camel, Bactnan Baghdad, 252 Bahrain, 201 Balakot, 250 Balbutha Taruksa ...
... Ring's satraps at Granicus. I subjugated the rich satrapies of Asia Minor and let you enjoy the fruits of victory. I distributed to you the riches of Egypt and Cyrene; I gave you Syria, Babylon and Bactria; I gave you Persia's treasures, the precious objects of India! My satraps, my governors, my generals, I chose them from among you. What advantages did I get from all these battles besides the purple ...
... ..) He now set out again in pursuit of Darius, fully expecting that he would have to fight another battle. However when he learned that the king had been arrested by Bessus, the satrap 2 of Bactria, he sent his Thessalian cavalry back to Greece. The pursuit of Darius turned out to be long and exhausting. Alexander covered more than four hundred miles in eleven days, and b this time most of his ...
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