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UPSC 1999: The Indo-Greek kingdom set up in north Afghanistan in the beginning of the second century BC was
(a)Bactria
(b)Scythia
(c)Zedrasia
(d)Aria
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The Indo-Greek realm founded in north Afghanistan in the early 2nd century BC was the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, centred on Bactria (capital Bactra/Ai-Khanoum). The other names listed—Scythia, Zedrasia and Aria—refer to different Central-Asian/Iranian regions, not to the Hellenistic Greek polity established there. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 1999, GS Paper 1, as Question 78. It falls under Ancient History > Post-Mauryan & Foreign Invasions.
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