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Question
Give an account of the achievements of Kadphises I.
Solution
- Kadphises I was the first famous military and political leader of the Kushanas.
- He overthrew the Indo-Greek and Indo-Parthian rulers.
- He established himself as a sovereign ruler of Bactria.
- He extended his power in Kabul, Gandhara, and up to the Indus.
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RELATED QUESTIONS
Assertion (A): Colonies of Indo-Greeks and Indo-Parthians were established along the north-western part of India.
Reason (R): The Bactrian and Parthian settlers gradually intermarried and intermixed with the indigenous population.
Statement I: Indo-Greek rulers introduced die system and produced coins with inscription and symbols, engraving figures on them.
Statement II: Indo-Greek rule was ended by the Kushanas.
Match the following
| i) Patanjali | 1. Kalinga |
| ii) Agnimitra | 2. Indo-Greek |
| iii) King Kharavela | 3. Indo-Parthians |
| iv) Demetrius | 4. Second grammarian |
| v) Gondophernes | 5. Malavikagnimitra |
What do you know of Gondopharid dynasty?
Arrange a debate in the classroom on the cultural contribution of Indo-Greeks Sakas and Kushanas.
Bactria became independent under Diodotus I.
Menander promoted Jainism.
What facilitated the establishment of lndo-Greek and Indo-Parthian colonies along the northwestern part of India?
Write a note on Demetrius
Assertion (A): The Greek rulers of Bactria and Parthia started encroaching into the northwestern borderlands of India.
Reason (R): There was a decline in the Mauryan empire.
