![]() ![]() Babylonians used the word Yaman and Yamanaya.This usage was shared by many of the countries east of Greece, from the Mediterranean to Sindh: The Achaemenid name for Ionian Greeks: Yauna ( Old Persian cuneiform: □□□) in the DNa inscription of Darius the Great, circa 490 BC. ![]() In general, the words "Yoṇa" or "Yoṇaka" were the current Greek Hellenistic forms, while the term "Yavana" was the Indian word to designate the Greeks or the Indo-Greeks. The mention of Alexandria on the Caucasus, "the city of the Yonas" in the Mahavamsa, Chapter 29 (4th century CE).The description of Greek astrology and Greek terminology in the Yavanajātaka "Nativity of the Yavanas" (150 CE).King Milinda and his bodyguard of "500 Yonas" in the Milinda Panha.The mention of the "Yona king Aṃtalikitasa" in the Heliodorus pillar in Vidisha (110 BCE).The mention of the "Yona king Aṃtiyoka" in the Edicts of Ashoka (280 BCE).The mention of the "Yauna" in the Persepolis Administrative Archives (550–333 BC). ![]() Įxamples of direct association of these terms with the Greeks include: The Yona are mentioned in the Ashoka inscriptions, along with the Kambojas, as two societies where there are only nobles and slaves. Yavana appears for instance, in the Mahabharata, while Yona appears in texts such as the Sri Lankan chronicle Mahavamsa. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for " Ionians" ( Ancient Greek: Ἴωνες < Ἰάoνες < *Ἰάϝoνες), who were probably the first Greeks to be known in the East.īoth terms appear in ancient Sanskrit literature. The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue "Yavana" in Sanskrit, are words used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. Yavana Kingdom alongside other locations of kingdoms and republics mentioned in the Indian epics or Bharata Khanda. ![]()
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