⚔ Conquest / annexation
Demetrius I invades northwest India
c. 180 BCE – present · 📍 Gandhara
What it led to: Founded Indo-Greek rule south of the Hindu Kush.
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1008Battle of Chach
→ Anandapala's coalition was defeated, opening Punjab to Mahmud.
1221Chinggis Khan pursues Jalal ad-Din to the Indus
→ Jalal ad-Din escaped across the Indus and Iltutmish refused him asylum.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- c. 185 BCE Pushyamitra Shunga assassinates Brihadratha · Shunga Dynasty
Alive at the time
Patanjali
active c. 150 BCE
Grammarian who wrote the Mahabhashya on Panini
Nagasenaactive c. 150 BCE
Buddhist monk whose dialogue with King Menander forms the Milindapanha
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🗂 Era 1
- Ancient IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Post-Mauryan PowersBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 2
- Anuradhapura Kingdom 437 BCE – 1017Existed at the same time (210 years)
- Satavahana Empire 200 BCE – 225 CEExisted at the same time (210 years)
👑 Rulers 2
- Demetrius I 200–180 BCERuled it
- Menander I (Milinda) 165–130 BCERuled it
👤 People 1
- Nagasena active c. 150 BCELived under it
⚔ Events 3
- Demetrius I invades northwest India c. 180 BCEHappened in it
- Menander's reign; Milindapanha dialogues c. 150 BCEHappened in it
- Heliodorus Pillar at Vidisha c. 113 BCEHappened in it
🔧 Technology 1
- Wootz steel Ancient and medieval periodsMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- The Image of the Barbarian in Early India Romila Thapar · 1971Research on this topic
- Cults and shrines in early historical Mathura (c. 200 BC–AD 200) Upinder Singh · 2004Research on this topic
- The Yavana Presence in Ancient India Himanshu Prabha Ray · 1988Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading