Template:Greco-BuddhistChronology
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| THE INDO-GREEKS AND BUDDHISM: CHRONOLOGICAL MARKERS | ||||||||||||
| Periods/ Markers: |
MAURYA EMPIRE (315-180 BCE) |
INDO-GREEK KINGDOM (180 BCE-20 CE) |
INDO-PARTHIAN KINGDOM (20-60 CE) |
KUSHAN EMPIRE (60-240 CE) |
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| INDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM (80 BCE-20 CE) |
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| ARTIFACTS: |  Pillars of Ashoka (circa 250 BCE) |
 Buddhist coins of Menander I (circa 150 BCE) |
 Butkara stupa pillar (20 BCE)[1] |
 Mahayana Buddhist triads |
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 Bimaran casket (30 BCE-60 CE)
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| EPIGRAPHY: |  Edicts of Ashoka (circa 250 BCE) |
Milinda Panha Chinese Buddhist accounts of Golden statues from Central Asia in 120 BCE |
 Mathura lion capital (20 CE) |
 Buddhist coinage of Kanishka, derived from free-standing Buddha statues (120 CE) |
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| BUDDHA STATUES: |
None |    Greco-Buddhist statuary (Pre-Kushan[2] |
 Kushan Buddhist friezes |
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| STUPAS: (Butkara stupa)[3] |
 Simple stupas |
  Improved stupas with niches for statues or friezes. |
 Colonated stupas |
 Stupas with narrative friezes |
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