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Vrish

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Posted: 13 years ago

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But Yavanas & Mlechas didn't hesitate to participate in wars waged by Aryans. Kalyavan's alliance w/ Jarasandha is well known, and in the Kurukshetra war, there were a number of Mlecha rulers who fought & died on at least the Kaurava side.

Only in religious activities did Yavanas & Mlechas not participate

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Krishna

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Originally posted by: .Vrish.
But Yavanas & Mlechas didn't hesitate to participate in wars waged by Aryans. Kalyavan's alliance w/ Jarasandha is well known, and in the Kurukshetra war, there were a number of Mlecha rulers who fought & died on at least the Kaurava side.

Only in religious activities did Yavanas & Mlechas not participate

only by epic age we find mention of these people as travel and trade became more frequent and interaction increased.

as i said only from epic age do we get significant mention of these people, they made alliances
but these were not long lasting, it was similar to Maurya and Greek Relations. early greeks maintained relations with mauryas but did not get influenced by religion.

However when bactrian greeks settled down in present day afghanaistan they became hindus and buddhists. Hence geographical proximity is very important for long lasting cultural influences.

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krishna