Go to https://ground.news/HT to access local and global perspectives on events that shape our history. Subscribe through my link to save 40% off unlimited access. Join Pete in Türkiye/ Turkey this September ! https://www.thecommunitygarden.org/tours/p/ancientanatolia Join Pete in Peru next April/May - Details very soon This episode was researched and written by the great Dr Raoul McLaughlin. Leading world expert on the classical world & the east. Check out his many fantastic books on the trade of Rome with the east- https://raoul-mclaughlin.com -- Bibliography -- Secondary Sources - McLaughlin, Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014). McLaughlin, Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016). Dalrymple, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (2025). Scott, Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West (2017). Reconstructions and Artifacts: Nikonorov, The Armies of Bactria (1997). Shane Wallace, ‘Greek Culture in Afghanistan and India: Old Evidence and New Discoveries’ (2016) pages 205-226. Holt, Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (1999). Holt, Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan (2006). Sidky, The Greek Kingdom of Bactria: From Alexander to Eucratides the Great (2000). Tarn, The Greeks in Bactria and India (1938). Kosmin, The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in the Seleucid Empire (2014). Stoneman, The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks (2021). Jansari, Chandragupta Maurya: The Creation of a National Hero (2023). Olivelle, Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King (2024). Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (2012). Specialist Study and Academic Debate: Mairs, The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World (2020). Mairs, The Hellenistic Far East: Archaeology, Language, and Identity in Greek Central Asia (2016). Mairs, The Archaeology of the Hellenistic Far East: A Survey (2011). Narain, The Indo-Greeks (1962). Cohen, Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India (2013). Vassiliades, The Greeks in India: A Survey in Philosophical Understanding (2000). Chandra, Indo-Greek Jewellery (1979). Esposito, Armies of the Hellenistic States 323 BC to AD 30: History, Organization and Equipment (2019). Richardson, Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City (2021). Primary Sources - Strabo, Geography. Plutarch, Life of Alexander. Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander. Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander. Diodorus Siculus, History (Books 17-18). Nagasena, The Questions of King Milinda: Bilingual Edition (Pali / English). Stoneman, Megasthenes' Indica: A New Translation with Commentary (2021). Sima Qian, Shiji. Austin, The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation (2006). Casson, The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction, Translation & Commentary (1989). This episode was edited by Damiano Petrucci Additional editing and narration by Pete Kelly -- Thumbnail art by the legendary Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/ — Listen to episode one of History Time: Unearthed. The new companion podcast to this show- https://youtu.be/TOLIj_zzhLo?si=DwyD_Wad1toaZp7N — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound - Joss Gallanagh-Edwards:- http://soundcloud.com/jgemusic http://jgemusic.com - Brodie Marshall:- https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Q7hBYMYq3JMeZjcn4Uq6r?si=lpgjkH1DR0ads85e26qqVQ https://soundcloud.com/user-516251154 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brodiemarshallmusic/ — Become a patron for as little as a dollar a month & help keep this channel going:- https://www.patreon.com/historytimeUK
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what an insane and terrifying world we live in that we have to specify this is human made content Thanks for everything that you do.
Here for the humans! Pete Kelly is one of my favorite ones!
Greco Bactrians are such a forgotten part of history in the east and it’s a shame, glad we getting more content. We need one on on Seleucids and Ptolemy empires
Recently discovered this channel, watched the entire backlog, yearned for more, and now Christmas came in April.
its so refreshing to see an orinal video rather than some AI shit
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Greco Bactrians had also often contact with the Chinese through the silk road.
I know what I'm watching this weekend!
Found the video 1 minute after it posted and it already had 5 Likes. 12 minutes in and 84 Likes, 300+ views. Great channel, great creator and loyal followers.
This era could be the backdrop for awesome movies. It's so sad that nobody wants to make films like that nowadays.
I've been watching your videos for a long time now, and I never get tired of seeing a new upload. Thank you for continuing to do long-form content, and keeping it authentic.
I know what I'm going to sleep to for the next couple weeks 👍
Perfect thing to find when your newborn won’t sleep at 2am
A detailed bibliography of the sources used for this program - Secondary Sources - McLaughlin, Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014). McLaughlin, Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016). Dalrymple, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (2025). Scott, Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West (2017). Reconstructions and Artifacts: Nikonorov, The Armies of Bactria (1997). Shane Wallace, ‘Greek Culture in Afghanistan and India: Old Evidence and New Discoveries’ (2016) pages 205-226. Holt, Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (1999). Holt, Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan (2006). Sidky, The Greek Kingdom of Bactria: From Alexander to Eucratides the Great (2000). Tarn, The Greeks in Bactria and India (1938). Kosmin, The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in the Seleucid Empire (2014). Stoneman, The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks (2021). Jansari, Chandragupta Maurya: The Creation of a National Hero (2023). Olivelle, Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King (2024). Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (2012). Specialist Study and Academic Debate: Mairs, The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World (2020). Mairs, The Hellenistic Far East: Archaeology, Language, and Identity in Greek Central Asia (2016). Mairs, The Archaeology of the Hellenistic Far East: A Survey (2011). Narain, The Indo-Greeks (1962). Cohen, Hellenistic Settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India (2013). Vassiliades, The Greeks in India: A Survey in Philosophical Understanding (2000). Chandra, Indo-Greek Jewellery (1979). Esposito, Armies of the Hellenistic States 323 BC to AD 30: History, Organization and Equipment (2019). Richardson, Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City (2021). Primary Sources - Strabo, Geography. Plutarch, Life of Alexander. Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander. Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander. Diodorus Siculus, History (Books 17-18). Nagasena, The Questions of King Milinda: Bilingual Edition (Pali / English). Stoneman, Megasthenes' Indica: A New Translation with Commentary (2021). Sima Qian, Shiji. Austin, The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest: A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation (2006). Casson, The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction, Translation & Commentary (1989).
Love me some pita gyros 🌯🇬🇷
I used to play Rome 2 Total War. Bactria was one of my favorite factions. You got the pikes and horse archers. Truly a killer combo. Made it to 1:21:50 … love the simple wisdom written in that tomb. Some things never change.
It's crazy imagining Greek soldiers in India. And I learned that Kandahar is a translation of Alexandria.
Anyone new to Pete Kelly’s video’s hasn’t experienced the journey, creatively and thematically, that he’s been on, each one has its own gem like quality, from music in the background (I particularly like this choice here) to the editing choices for the photography (so much to choose from, just which image at which moment in narration best suits the mood, the emphasis, the flow? Pete has truly made this aspect a targeted goal and each time it works, not a clue how he pulls it off). The narration, his own careful words, usually intimate and soft spoken, is the best part, for each video is a venture born of curiosity, and love. I am fairly certain he doesn’t have a massive production team behind him, but you’d never know it, the intimacy of his process may be to the benefit, and for those who are new, binge on his whole catalog!
I swear I saw potential Bactrian ruins in the Helmond river valley while deployed there....need to go back
Far-flung voyages and conquests are always my favorite to learn about! This channel is peak