State

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom (256–120 BCE)

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250–125 BCE
Founded
250 BCE
Ended
125 BCE
Capital
Balkh, Ai-Khanoum

Overview

The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (Greek: Βασιλεία τῆς Βακτριανῆς, romanized: Basileía tês Baktrianês, lit. 'Kingdom of Bactria') was a Greek kingdom during the Hellenistic period located in Central Asia and Afghanistan. The kingdom was founded by the Seleucid satrap Diodotus I Soter in about 256 BC, and continued to dominate Central Asia while ruled by the Euthydemid and Eucratid dynasties, until its fall around 120 BC. At its peak the kingdom consisted of present-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and for a short time, small parts of Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Iran. An extension further east, with military campaigns and settlements, may have reached the borders of the Qin State in China by about 230 BC.

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All rulers (2)

  1. Diodotus II236–226 BCE
  2. Eucratides I171–145 BCE

Records (6)

  1. 208 BCE — Battle of the AriusBattle
  2. 208–206 BCE — Siege of BactraSiege
  3. 201 BCE — Shunga-Greek WarWar
  4. 186 BCE — Demetrius I's invasion of IndiaInvasion
  5. 169 BCE — Siege of EucratideiaSiege
  6. 156 BCE — Parthian–Greco Bactrian WarWar

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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