Indo-Greeks and Kushans — Revision Notes

⚡ 30-Second Revision

Menander: second century BCE; Milinda–Nagasena tradition.
Coin legends: Greek and Kharoshthi.
Kanishka: use qualified second-century chronology.
Gandhara: north-west, schist; Mathura: red sandstone, varied subjects.
Findspot ≠ automatic political control.

2-Minute Revision

The Indo-Greeks and Kushans were distinct formations in connected regions. Coins reveal titles, scripts and imagery; literary traditions reveal another form of historical memory. Kushan power linked Central Asia with northern India. Art developed through local adaptation and patronage. Keep catalogue dates approximate and distinguish circulation from governance.

5-Minute Revision

Make four columns for source, observable feature, supported inference and unsupported extension. Enter a bilingual Menander coin, the Milindapanha dialogue and a Gandhara sculpture. Then compare two ways a Kushan coin could reach a site without the site having been directly governed by its issuer.

Vyyuha Quick Recall

Ruler, region, record, inference.