When Alexander the Great’s empire reached India, it created a surprising cultural crossroads. Some Greeks living in the Indo-Greek kingdoms embraced Buddhism, blending Greek art with Buddhist ...

An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCE. When the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander's army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered ...

As the Indo Greek world collapsed, its cultural impact only grew stronger. Greek merchants, artists, and ideas reshaped Buddhist imagery, giving the Buddha a human form for the first time. From ...

The languages used on money convey a message about the community for which the currency is intended. One of the earliest bilingual coins is this Indo-Greek drachm from around 160 BCE, which features ...

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.