Trade between the Greek Mediterranean world and the region now encompassing Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Northwest India predates Alexander, with evidence including the Greek explorer Skylax's expedition for Persian ruler Darius I around the 500s BCE and Greek coins circulating in the region
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“cultural exchange between the Greek Mediterranean world and what's now Afghanistan Pakistan and Northwest India stretches as far back as the 500s bcee the Greek historian Herodotus mentions a Greek Explorer named skyx who went on an expedition for the Persian ruler Darius I sailing down the indis across the Arabian Sea”
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