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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Clyde Winters: [QB] coolnight Don’t let anyone tell you there were no Greeks living in South Asia. There were ethnic Greeks living in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Greeks were in Ghandahar > Kandahar during Achaemenid times and after the conquest of India by Alexander (Billions,1995; Mairs, 2008). The first Greeks were deposited in Ghandahara (which was situated near the Indus River near Peshawar), Pakistan and Bactria in 494 BC (Mairs, 2008). These Greeks were descendants of the Branchidae guardians of the oracle of Apollo at Didyma near Miletos, situated on the coast of Asia Minor (Mairs, 2008). There was a massive emigration of Greeks and Macedonians following Alexander’s conquest of Asia between 335-250 BC (Billons, 1995). These Greeks settled many areas already occupied by Greeks exiled to Afghanistan by the Persians like Shahr-i Kohna (Old Kangahar) (Sherwin-White & Kuhrt, 1993). Shahr-i Khona had been an Achaemenid fortified city before Alexander’s conquest (Sherwin-White & Kuhrt, 1993). The Greeks also built or successfully occupied many urban centres in India, especially Bactria including Ai Khanum, Begram and Arachosia (Kandahar) (Helms, 1982; Sagar, 1993; Singh, 2008). Consequently, there was a large Greek population in the area. Greek sources claim that Greek-Bactrians ruled 1000 cities (Helms, 1982). See: http://www.federatio.org/joes/EurasianStudies_0310.pdf see pages 70-77. . [/QB][/QUOTE]
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