Overwhelming Majority of Afghans Has a Positive Perception of India

Abstract

Afghanistan and India enjoy centuries-old relations. Historians have traced the India–Afghanistan relations to the Indus Valley Civilizations. After the Greek’s invasion of Afghanistan, the modern-day Afghanistan came under the Seleucid Empire and ceded to Chandragupta Maurya in 305 BCE. Eventually, Emperor Ashoka came to rule parts of Afghanistan, introducing Buddhism to the region. Mauryan Empire declined after half a century, and Afghanistan descended into chaos for half a century. The country saw the rise of Greco-Bactrian, then the Indo-Greek kingdoms (the Kushans and the Indo-Scythians).