The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c10: Chapter XXII

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c10

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Chapter XXII

| The Yavana invasions . . . . . . . . | 540 |
| Extension of Yavana power along the routes from Kābul . . . | 542 |
| Stages on the route leading to Pāṭaliputra . . . . . | 543 |
| Yavana invasion of the Midland Country . . . . . | 544 |
| Bactrian and Indian coins . . . . . . . | 545 |
| The house of Euthydemus: | |
| Demetrius; Pantaleon and Agathocles; Antimachus . . . | 546 |
| Apollodotus; Menander . . . . . . . | 547 |
| The kingdom of Çākala . . . . . . . | 549 |
| Dominions of this house after the conquests of Eucratides and Heliocles . . . . . . . . . | 551 |
| The families of Menander and Apollodotus . . . . | 552 |
| The Çaka conquests completed in the reign of Azes I . . | 553 |
| The house of Eucratides: | |
| Eucratides . . . . . . . . . | 554 |
| The kingdom of Kāpiça . . . . . . . | 555 |
| Heliocles . . . . . . . . . | 556 |
| His successors at Pushkalāvatī . . . . . . | 557 |
| Antialcidas . . . . . . . . . | 558 |
| Archebius his successor at Takshaçilā . . . . . | 559 |
| Çaka conquest of Pushkalāvatī and Takshaçilā in the reign of Maues | 559 |
| Successors of Eucratides in the upper Kābul valley . . . | 560 |
| Hermaeus the last Yavana king . . . . . . | 560 |
| Pahlava conquest of the upper Kābul valley . . . . | 561 |

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CHAPTER XXIII

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THE SCYTHIAN AND PARTHIAN INVADERS

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By Professor E. J. RAPSON

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| The Çaka invaders came from Seistān and Kandahār into the country of the lower Indus . . . . . . . . | 563 |
| Çakas in the inscriptions of Darius . . . . . . | 564 |
| Migration of the Yueh-chi . . . . . . . | 565 |
| Bactria overwhelmed and Parthia invaded by Çakas . . . | 566 |
| Being checked by Parthia the Çakas invaded India . . . | 567 |
| The title ‘Great King of Kings’ . . . . . . . | 567 |

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Pahlava and Çaka suzerains in eastern Irān and India . . . . . 569 The date of Maues, the conqueror of Pushkalāvatī and Takshaçilā . . 570 Extension of his conquests by Azes I, who may be the founder of the Vikrama era . . . . . . . . . . 571 Azilises; Azes II; Vonones . . . . . . . . 572 The family of Vonones . . . . . . . . . 573 Çaka satraps . . . . . . . . . . 574 The *strategoi* . . . . . . . . . . 577 Gondopharnes . . . . . . . . . . 577 Pacores . . . . . . . . . . . 580 The transition from Pahlava to Kushāṇa rule in Takshaçilā . . . 580 V'ima Kadphises . . . . . . . . . 581 The date of Kanishka . . . . . . . . . 583 Summary of numismatic evidence for the history of the Yavana, Çaka, and Pahlava invaders of India . . . . . . 586