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Indo-Greek coinage
Indo-Greek coinage (यवन मुद्रा) is the bilingual silver and bronze money struck by the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kings south of the Hindu Kush from the mid-third century BC onward.
Indo-Greek Kingdom
Indo-Greek Kingdom: successor of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom ruled by Greek kings south of the Hindu Kush, 2nd-1st centuries BCE. Known mainly from bilingual coins; Menander I, linked to the Milindapanha, was its greatest king; ended under Strato II about 10 CE.
Indo-Guyanese
Indo-Guyanese are Guyanese descended from Indian indentured laborers brought to British Guiana between 1838 and 1917; roughly 238,979 arrived, and they are Guyana's largest ethnic group, dominant in the PPP and concentrated in Hindu and Muslim communities.
Indo-Iranian languages
Indo-Iranian languages, which include Persian and Hindi, are a primary branch of Indo-European languages spoken by over a billion people across South Asia and Iran.
Indo-Iranian migrations into the Iranian plateau
The Indo-Iranian migrations into the Iranian plateau brought Iranian-speaking peoples from Central Asia in the late 2nd millennium BC, later underlying the Median and Persian empires.
Indo-Iranians
The Indo-Iranians are speakers of the Indo-Aryan, Iranian, and Nuristani branches of Indo-European, unified by shared innovations such as the ruki rule. Proto-Indo-Iranian split around 2000 BCE; Mittani records give the earliest attestation, and the homeland remains debated between steppe and Central Asian models.
Indo-Islamic architecture
Indo-Islamic architecture, also called Islamic architecture in India, fused Islamic arches and domes with Indian traditions, formative under the Delhi Sultanate and refined by the Mughals.
Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific: the tropical marine biogeographic realm spanning the Indian Ocean, the Indo-Australian Archipelago, and the central Pacific; contains the Coral Triangle, Earth's most species-rich marine region.
Indo-Pacific and Australasian Cyathea species
Indo-Pacific and Australasian Cyathea species are scaly tree ferns of the genus Cyathea, now mostly reassigned to other genera, ranging from New Guinea and Queensland across the Pacific.
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), a small spotted coastal dolphin from southern Japan to South Africa and Australia; known for Shark Bay sponge tool use passed from mother to calf; IUCN Data Deficient.
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is a US-led economic initiative with 13 Indo-Pacific partners, launched in May 2022, covering trade, supply chains, clean energy, and anti-corruption.
Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971
Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971: Indian Navy operations in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal during the December 1971 war, including Operation Trident and Python missile attacks on Karachi, the blockade of East Pakistan, and the sinkings of PNS Ghazi and INS Khukri.
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948, also called the First Kashmir War, was the first armed conflict between India and Pakistan, fought over Jammu and Kashmir.
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the second India-Pakistan war over Kashmir, began with the Rann of Kutch clashes and Operation Gibraltar, ended in stalemate, and produced the Tashkent Declaration of January 1966.
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (13 days, 3–16 December) ended with Pakistan's surrender at Dhaka, about 93,000 prisoners, and the creation of Bangladesh from East Pakistan after Operation Searchlight and a 10-million refugee crisis.
Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts
Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts: recurring wars and crises between India and Pakistan since 1947, chiefly over Kashmir. Three full-scale wars (1947–48, 1965, 1971), the 1999 Kargil conflict, and the 2025 four-day war after the Pahalgam attack.
Indo-Parthian kingdom
Indo-Parthian kingdom: early 1st-century CE state founded by Gondophares, ruling from Seistan to Sindh after the Indo-Scythians and before Kushan conquest under Kujula Kadphises; known chiefly from coins and the Takht-i Bahi inscription.
Indo-Scythian coinage
Indo-Scythian coinage is the silver and bronze currency struck by the Scythians in northwestern India, beginning with King Maues and continuing through Azes I and Azes II until the first century CE.
Indo-Scythian conquest of the Indo-Greek kingdom
The Indo-Scythian conquest of the Indo-Greek kingdom was the Saka takeover of the Indo-Greek realms in Gandhara and the Punjab, from about 85 to 55 BC.
Indo-Scythian invasion of India
The Indo-Scythian invasion of India (शक आक्रमण) was the conquest of the Indo-Greek kingdoms of north-western India by Saka nomads from Central Asia, beginning under King Maues.
Indo-Scythian Kingdom
The Indo-Scythian Kingdom, also known as the Indo-Sakas or Saka dynasty, was a state founded by Scythian migrants from Central Asia, first ruled by King Maues around 120 BCE.
Indo-Seleucid treaty
The Indo-Seleucid treaty was the peace and friendship agreement of about 305–303 BCE between Chandragupta Maurya and Seleucus I Nicator, who ceded eastern satrapies for 500 war elephants.
Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation
The Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, or Indo-Soviet Friendship Treaty, was signed by India and the Soviet Union on August 9, 1971, during the East Pakistan crisis.
Indo-Surinamese
Indo-Surinamese (Hindustani-Surinamese, Hindostanen): descendants of about 34,000 indentured laborers from British India who came to Suriname 1873-1916; largest ethnic group (27.4%, 2012), Sarnami-speaking, with a large Dutch diaspora.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP, भारत-तिब्बत सीमा पुलिस बल), India's specialized mountain armed police force raised 24 October 1962, guards the 3,488 km India-China border from Karakoram Pass to Jachep La under the ITBPF Act, 1992.
Indo-West Pacific marine gastropod faunas
The Indo-West Pacific marine gastropod faunas form the world's largest marine malacofauna, spanning tropical Indian Ocean, Southeast Asian, and western Pacific shelves, with peak diversity in the Coral Triangle.
Indo–Pakistani air war of 1971
The Indo-Pakistani air war of 1971: the IAF-PAF air campaign of 3-16 December 1971, opened by PAF strikes on six Indian airfields, ending with the Dhaka surrender and Bangladesh's creation.
Indobufen
Indobufen (K 3920), an isoindoline phenyl-butyric acid antiplatelet drug, reversibly inhibits platelet COX-1 to block TXA2 synthesis; platelet function recovers within 24 hours, unlike aspirin's irreversible 7-10 day effect.
Indochina refugee crisis
The Indochina refugee crisis was the mass flight of about 3 million people from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia after the communist victories of 1975, including the boat people exodus.
Indochina School of Fine Arts
The Indochina School of Fine Arts was an art academy founded in Hanoi in 1925 under the French painter Victor Tardieu, which trained Vietnam's first modern artists until 1945.