At about the same time, the semi-independent …
Years: 621BCE - 478BCE
At about the same time, the semi-independent kingdom of Gandhara, roughly located in northern Pakistan and centered in the region of Peshawar, stands between the expanding kingdoms of the Ganges Valley to the east and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia to the west.
Gandhara probably comes under the influence of Persia during the reign of Cyrus the Great (559-530 BCE).
People
Groups
- Gandhara grave, or Swat, culture
- Vedic period
- Hinduism
- Gandhāra
- India, Iron Age
- Persian people
- Gandhara, Kingdom of
- Achaemenid Empire
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
- Buddhism
