Questions about Baktria...

[athanaric]

Did you take Kophen (the Eleutheroi settlement east of Baktria)? It is a really good target for early expansion. To quote myself from another thread:

I highly recommend Paropamisadai (sp?) because [...] you can build highly profitable silver mines there. Additionally, it is out of harm's way should the Saka or Pahlavân attack you.

Mines around Kophen yield twice the amount of mnai of those in Marakanda or Baktria.

Normally the "March of Time" happens around 240 BC, give or take a few years. It will bring you as well as the Saka and Pahlava new, heavier and more melee-oriented bodyguards. It also gives you an edge over the neighbouring faction because the Hetairoi Kataphraktoi are the heaviest cavalry unit in the game.