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Yona

The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit, were used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for "Ionians" (Ancient Greek: Ἴωνες < Ἰάoνες < *Ἰάϝoνες), who were probably the first Greeks to be known in India.

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PunjabSeleucid EmpireGreco-Bactrian kingdomIndo-Greek kingdomSangam literature
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The Yonas and other northwestern invaders in Indian literature

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related to Comparable terms in the ancient world · 51
Yona → Alef, Arial, Assyrians, Babylonians, Cardo, Chinese, David, David CLM, David Libre, Dayuan, Egyptians, Ezra SIL, Ezra SIL SR, Ferghana, Frank Ruehl CLM, FreeSans, FreeSerif, Gisha, Greece, Greeks
related to history · 25
Yona → Achaemenid Empire, After Alexander, BCE, Buddhist, CE, Early Cholas, Great's, Greco-Bactrian, Greek, India, Indo-Greek, Javana, Kambojas, Menander, Milinda, Pali, Paṭṭiṉappālai, Punjab, Sangam, Seleucid Empire
related to The Yonas and other northwestern invaders in Indian literature · 20
Yona → Barbarians, Chinas, Dasyus, Gandharas, Grddhras, In, Indian, Kambojas, Kiratas, Mlechchas, Pahlavas, Parva, Sakas, Shanti Parva, Svapakas, The Mahabharata, The Yavanas, Yaunas, Yavanas, Yonas
related to Invasion of India · 18
Yona → Bahlikas, Bala Kanda, India, Kaliyuga, Kambojas, Mahabharata, Maurya, Mleccha, Pahlavas, Sakas, Shakas, Shunga Empires, The Vanaparava, There, This, Valmiki's Ramayana, Yavanas, Yonas
related to Contemporary usage · 16
Yona → Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Greece, Hebrew, Hindi, Hounistan, Indonesian, Malay, Pashto, The, Turkish, Urdu, Yawnoye, Yunani, Yunanistan
related to Other references · 13
Yona → Antialcidas, Anuradhapura, BCE Heliodorus, Bhagabhadra, Central India, East, Indo-Greek, On, Shunga, Sri Lanka, The Mahavamsa, Vidisha, West
related to Later meanings · 12
Yona → Arab, Greeks, Indian, Islam, Muslim, Mussalaman, Tajik, The, Turuka, Turuska, Yavana, Yonaka
related to External links · 2
Yona → Pali, Yavana

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kambojas yavanas greek yavana also greeks india yonas word sakas ancient pahlavas etc used king indian mahabharata mahavamsa ashoka mention

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the Sri Lankan chronicle Mahavamsa.The Yona are mentioned in the Ashoka inscriptionsinstance ofwhile Yona appears in texts0.80text
along with the Kambojasinstance ofwhile Yona appears in texts0.80text
as two societies where there are only noblesinstance ofwhile Yona appears in texts0.80text
slaves.Examples of direct association of these terms with the Greeks includeinstance ofwhile Yona appears in texts0.80text
Paṭṭiṉappālaiinstance ofThe Yavanar are mentioned in detail in Sangam literature epics0.80text
describing their brisk trade with the Early Cholas in the Sangam period.After Alexander the Great's invasioninstance ofThe Yavanar are mentioned in detail in Sangam literature epics0.80text
the Greek settlements had existed in eastern parts of Achaemenid Empireinstance ofThe Yavanar are mentioned in detail in Sangam literature epics0.80text
northwest of Indiainstance ofThe Yavanar are mentioned in detail in Sangam literature epics0.80text
as neighbours to the Kambojasinstance ofThe Yavanar are mentioned in detail in Sangam literature epics0.80text
the Dipavamsainstance ofIn Buddhist TextsOther Buddhist texts0.80text
the 1861 Sasana Vamsa reveal that after the Third Buddhist councilinstance ofIn Buddhist TextsOther Buddhist texts0.80text
the elder monkinstance ofIn Buddhist TextsOther Buddhist texts0.80text

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