Bactria, a huge area in todays' Afghanistan, was the eastern edge of the ancient Greek empire, established by Alexander the Great.

Long ago in ancient India reigned a Greek king named Menander I Soter, a great conqueror and benefactor of Buddhism ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... hill,” Tillya Tepe is located in Bactria, an ancient region located in what is now part ...

The hardest naturally occurring material on the planet, diamond is often used today for masonry drilling, yet its use in ancient times ... of the historic region of Bactria and was established ...