The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s1.20

v1.c30.s1.20

The Greeks who occasioned its (Bactria's) revolt became so powerful by means of its fertility and advantages of the country that they became masters of Ariāna and India, according to Apollodorus of Artemita. Their chiefs, particularly Menander (if he really crossed the Hypanis to the east and reached Isamus), conquered more nations than Alexander. These conquests were achieved partly by Menander, partly by Demetrius, son of Euthydemus, king of the Bactrians. They got possession not only of Patalene but of the kingdom of Saraostos, and Sigerdis, which constitute the remainder of the coast....They extended their empire even as far as the Seres and Phryni. (Trans. M‘Crindle, *Ancient India*, pp. 100–1.)