The Parthians are a nomadic people who conquered and settled in the area near the Caspian Sea in the 4th century BC as part of the Dahae confederation. Since that time the Parthians, under their ...

For children: When the Greeks, Shakas, Parthians, and Kushanas made a pitstop in ancient India An excerpt from ‘History Unpacked: The Why, When and What of Ancient India’, by Saisudha Acharya ...

Indo-Greeks, Shakas, Parthians and Kushans The Indo- Greeks were forced to attack India after losing to the Scythian tribes. The Mauryan kings who succeeded Ashoka were too weak to stop this invasion.

On the basis of the military manuals (Asclepiodotus, Aelian, Arrian), it is apparent that the rhombus formation had been invented by the Thessalians with the implication that the Parthians had ...

The Parthians occupied the territory of present-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and part of Turkmenistan.

Professor Ali Obeid Shilgam, the Director General of the Department of Archaeological Research in Iraq, announced the findings during archaeological survey work in the Diyala region, where three qanat ...