Yona
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Yona
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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", who were probably the first Greeks to be known in India. Both terms appear in ancient Sanskrit literature. Yavana appears, for instance, in the Mahabharata, while Yona appears in texts such as the Sri Lankan chronicle Mahavamsa. The Yona are mentioned in the Ashoka inscriptions, along with th
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Term used to designate Greek-speakers in ancient India
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yona
date created:
2004-06-23T08:05:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T22:42:04Z
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