History Time

The Rise of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom // Ancient History Documentary (No AI)

Go to https://ground.news/HT to access local and global perspectives on events that shape our history. Subscribe through my link to save 40% off unlimited access. Join Pete in Türkiye/ Turkey this September ! https://www.thecommunitygarden.org/tours/p/ancientanatolia Join Pete in Peru next April/May - Details very soon This episode was researched and written by the great Dr Raoul McLaughlin. Leading world expert on the classical world & the east. Check out his many fantastic books on the trade of Rome with the east- https://raoul-mclaughlin.com -- Bibliography -- Secondary Sources - McLaughlin, Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014). McLaughlin, Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016). Dalrymple, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (2025). Scott, Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West (2017). Reconstructions and Artifacts: Nikonorov, The Armies of Bactria (1997). Shane Wallace, ‘Greek Culture in Afghanistan and India: Old Evidence and New Discoveries’ (2016) pages 205-226. Holt, Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (1999). Holt, Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan (2006). Sidky, The Greek Kingdom of Bactria: From Alexander to Eucratides the Great (2000). Tarn, The Greeks in Bactria and India (1938). Kosmin, The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in the Seleucid Empire (2014). Stoneman, The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks (2021). Jansari, Chandragupta Maurya: The Creation of a National Hero (2023). Olivelle, Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King (2024). Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (2012). Specialist Study and Academic Debate: Mairs, The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World (2020). Mairs, The Hellenistic Far East: Archaeology, Language, and Identity in Greek Central Asia (2016). Mairs, The Archaeology of the Hellenistic Far East: A Survey (2011). Narain, The Indo-Greeks (1962). Cohen, Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India (2013). Vassiliades, The Greeks in India: A Survey in Philosophical Understanding (2000). Chandra, Indo-Greek Jewellery (1979). Esposito, Armies of the Hellenistic States 323 BC to AD 30: History, Organization and Equipment (2019). Richardson, Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City (2021). Primary Sources - Strabo, Geography. Plutarch, Life of Alexander. Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander. Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander. Diodorus Siculus, History (Books 17-18). Nagasena, The Questions of King Milinda: Bilingual Edition (Pali / English). Stoneman, Megasthenes' Indica: A New Translation with Commentary (2021). Sima Qian, Shiji. Austin, The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation (2006). Casson, The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction, Translation & Commentary (1989). This episode was edited by Damiano Petrucci Additional editing and narration by Pete Kelly -- Thumbnail art by the legendary Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/ — Listen to episode one of History Time: Unearthed. The new companion podcast to this show- https://youtu.be/TOLIj_zzhLo?si=DwyD_Wad1toaZp7N — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound - Joss Gallanagh-Edwards:- http://soundcloud.com/jgemusic http://jgemusic.com - Brodie Marshall:- https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Q7hBYMYq3JMeZjcn4Uq6r?si=lpgjkH1DR0ads85e26qqVQ https://soundcloud.com/user-516251154 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brodiemarshallmusic/ — Become a patron for as little as a dollar a month & help keep this channel going:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK