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Map of Indo-Euopean Migrations
A map indicating the possible routes of Indo-European migrations.
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Indo-European Language Family
Approximate geographical distribution of the Indo-European language family today in Eurasia.
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Indo-Greek Campaigns
Indo-Greek territory and campaigns with known encounters.
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Brahmanism
Brahmanism (also known as Vedic Religion) is the belief system that developed from the Vedas during the Late Vedic Period (c. 1100-500 BCE) originating in the Indus Valley Civilization after the Indo-Aryan Migration c. 2000-1500 BCE. It claims...
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Map of the Indo-Saka Kingdoms
Map of the Indo-Saka / Indo-Scythian Kingdoms.
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The Hittites
The Hittites occupied the ancient region of Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey) prior to 1700 BCE, developed a culture apparently from the indigenous Hatti (and possibly the Hurrian) people, and expanded their territories...
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Major Indo Iranian Neolithic Sites & the Indus Civilization
The map shows the extent of the Harappan or Indus Civilization along with the various neolithic sites in the region.
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The Vedas
The Vedas are the religious texts which inform the religion of Hinduism (also known as Sanatan Dharma meaning “Eternal Order” or “Eternal Path”). The term veda means “knowledge” in that they are thought to contain the fundamental knowledge...
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Mitanni
The Kingdom of Mitanni, known to the people of the land, and the Assyrians, as Hanigalbat and to the Egyptians as Naharin and Metani, once stretched from present-day northern Iraq, down through Syria and into Turkey and was among the greatest...
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Eucratid
The Eucratids were a Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek dynasty of approximately 12 kings, lasting between c.171 BC and 80-70 BC, according to numismatic evidence. The numismatic emblem which characterized it were the palm and the Dioscuri (Castor...