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To: swarthyguy

A beautiful pictorial of these people, descendants of Greeks:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/south_asia_kalash_spring_festival/html/1.stm


9 posted on 06/03/2008 1:20:27 PM PDT by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! +)
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To: eleni121

>descendants of Greeks

The post Alexander Indo Greek kingdoms did last for some time, contemporaneously with the Seleucids, and in Central Asia and towards the Indus, creating some unique artwork and synthesis of Greek and Indian culture.

And in those days, sometimes they were quite adept at adopting and transposing each other’s deities.


11 posted on 06/03/2008 2:17:43 PM PDT by swarthyguy (Osama Freedom Day: 2500 or so since September 11 2001! That's SIX +years, Dubya.)
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