Indo-Greek Coin

About Indo-Greek Coin

Coins of the Indo-Greek kingdoms that ruled parts of modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India after the collapse of Bactria. Featured bilingual inscriptions in Greek and Kharoshthi. Some coins depict Buddhist symbols. The Indo-Greek king Menander I is identified with the Buddhist king Milinda of the Milinda Panha. Indo-Greek coins document the furthest eastern expansion of Hellenistic culture, blending Greek and Indian artistic traditions in unprecedented ways.