Kingdom of Bactria 220 BCE.

1981
Seluceus INicator, one of Alexander's infantry generals, inherited Alexander's eastern conquests, including Greco-Bactrian in northern Afghanistan. The Hellenistic Selucids maintained a preeminently Greek culture and ruled through local Greco-Bactrian satraps (governors). Diodotus I (ca.256-230, a Greco-Bactrian satrap of Balkh, revolted against the Selucids sometime around 250 BCE, declared independence and founded the King of Bactria. From Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, Penguin Books, 1981 (2nd edition).
Photo: Louis Dupree

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1981<br />
Seluceus INicator, one of Alexander's infantry generals, inherited Alexander's eastern conquests, including Greco-Bactrian in northern Afghanistan. The Hellenistic Selucids maintained a preeminently Greek culture and ruled through local Greco-Bactrian satraps (governors). Diodotus I (ca.256-230, a Greco-Bactrian satrap of Balkh, revolted against the Selucids sometime around 250 BCE, declared independence and founded the King of Bactria. From Colin McEvedy, The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, Penguin Books, 1981 (2nd edition). <br />
Photo: Louis Dupree