AHC: Lasting Hellenic cultural influence in India/Central Asia

[Zek Sora]

The Greco-Bactrian and Greco-Indian kingdoms lasted until about 10 AD, all of which had significant Greek cultural influence. Is there any way to allow this influence to last to the modern day?

 

[Tjakari]

Seleucids Seleucids Seleucids, keep them in power and you can keep something going, the influence may not be terribly strong but it'd be better than otl, plus given their heritage, they would have more reason to actually the Hellenistic states in the east if they have the power.

 

[betrayor]

If Seleucids stay in power longer long enough and the Parthians/Sassanids never come into power you could see an mix of Persian/Greek curture at the Iranian plateau......

 

[Alcsentre Calanice]

The Greco-Bactrian and Greco-Indian kingdoms lasted until about 10 AD, all of which had significant Greek cultural influence. Is there any way to allow this influence to last to the modern day?

Maybe an early Roman conquest of the east...

Even Trajan is maybe to late to save the Greek culture of the east.

 

[SlyDessertFox]

If Seleucids stay in power longer long enough and the Parthians/Sassanids never come into power you could see an mix of Persian/Greek curture at the Iranian plateau......

Aaaaaaaactually, the Parthians being in power might not be that bad of a thing. The Parthians themselves for all intents and purposes were hellenized and were openly phil-hellenes (spelling?). The problem is the Yuehzi (or, as they would later be known, the Kushans), not the Parthians. Perhaps a better POD is the Parthians absorbing Greco-Baktria.