The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s1.15
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s1.15
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On the second occasion, Bactrian princes of the house of Euthydemus, whose conquests began c. 200 B.C., succeeded in rivalling and in surpassing the exploits of Alexander; and on the third occasion, Eucratides, who had supplanted the family of Euthydemus in Bactria, deprived it of its possessions in the Kābul valley and of a portion of its territory in N.W. India, before 162 B.C. (p. 457).