HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Script in the North-West
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Coinage
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Court Ceremonies
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Sculpture
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Detailed explanation-1: -The impact of Persian invasion on Indian culture was that the Kharoshthi script which was an Iranian form of writing was introduced in India by the Persian scribes. The Kharoshthi script was used in some of the Ashokan inscriptions belonging to the third century A.D.
Detailed explanation-2: -The effects of the Persian Invasion in India: The Indo-Iranian contact lasted for about 200 years. It gave an impetus to the Indo-Iranian trade and commerce. Iranian coins are also found in the northwestern frontier which points to the existence of trade with Iran.
Detailed explanation-3: -Persian invasions The Achaemenid rulers of Persia benefited from the disunity of the Indian kings and rulers, and attacked them several times. They invaded India between 600 BC and 400 BC. Cyrus the Great and Darius I were the Achaemenid empire rulers who invaded India.
Detailed explanation-4: -Achaemenid rule over the Indus Valley decreased over successive rulers and formally ended around the time of the Macedonian conquest of Persia under Alexander the Great.