How Alexander the Great Influenced Indian Art

Indo-Greek art merged two remarkable ancient cultures

The story usually goes like this: Alexander, the brilliant and ruthless young ruler of the Macedonian Empire, conquered some of the oldest and most powerful societies in Africa, Europe, and Asia — Greece, Egypt, and Persia. After this, his army was tired and depleted, having marched and fought from the Nile to the Hindu Kush. They found themselves in a …