The Greeks introduced the practice of military governorship in India. They appointed governors called "strategos". Alexander is said to have left these military governors in the areas he won and ruled.
The term "strategos" is Greek for military general. In the Hellenistic world and the Eastern Roman Empire, it was also used to describe a military governor. In the modern Hellenic Army, it is the highest officer rank.
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