The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s1.26

v1.c30.s1.26

As in all Purāṇic literature, we find here a record of past events in the conventional form of prophecy; and, however late the work may be in its present form, there is no reason to doubt that, like the Purāṇas generally, it embodies a more ancient tradition. From the passage in question we gather that 'the viciously valiant Greeks,' after reducing Sāketa (in Oudh), the Pañchāla country (in the doāb between the Jumna and Ganges), and Mathurā (Muttra), reached Pushpapura (Pāṭaliputra); but that they did not remain in the Midland Country because of a dreadful war among themselves which broke out in their own country¹—an evident allusion to the internecine struggle between the houses of Euthydemus and Eucratides.