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Ashoka's Greek Queen: A Marriage That Shaped Mauryan Diplomacy

Ashoka's Greek Queen: A Marriage That Shaped Mauryan Diplomacy

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When Ashoka the Great sent Buddhist missionaries to Hellenistic kings, he was building on a personal connection: his own Greek queen. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the little-known story of Ashoka's marriage to a Greek princess from the Seleucid Empire, likely a daughter of Seleucus I's court. They discuss how this union, arranged by Chandragupta Maurya and cemented by Bindusara, created a cultural bridge between Mauryan India and the Greek world. Lucas details the diplomatic gifts that followed—Greek philosophers at Pataliputra, Persian-style edicts in Aramaic, and the eventual exchange of Buddhist dharma for Hellenistic eusebeia. The episode also examines Megasthenes' Indica, the Mauryan queen's possible role in introducing Greek art motifs to Sanchi and Sarnath, and the archaeological evidence from Taxila and Ai Khanoum. How did a Greek queen influence the world's first multi-religious empire? Tune in for a fresh angle on Ashoka's diplomacy. #Ashoka #MauryanEmpire #GreekQueen #SeleucidEmpire #ChandraguptaMaurya #Bindusara #Megasthenes #Indica #Pataliputra #Taxila #AiKhanoum #Sanchi #Sarnath #BuddhistMissions #Hellenistic #Eusebeia #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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