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Silver Punch Coins of the 3rd Century B.C
Prior to the Maurya the lower Indus Valley had experienced a significant although brief intrusion by the Hellenistic armies of Alexander the Great in 326-325 BC. Beginning in the Second century, the Bactrian Greeks, Scythians (called Sakas), Parthians, and Yueh-chi ( called Kushans ) overran northern India in succession. About AD 320 another Indian conqueror called Chandragupta restored imperial dominion over the entire subcontinent under the name of the Gupta dynasty.
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