The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s2.16
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As a disputant he was hard to equal, harder still to overcome; the acknowledged superior of all the founders of the various schools of thought. As in wisdom so in strength of body, swiftness, and valour there was found none equal to Milinda in all India. He was rich too, mighty in wealth and prosperity, and the number of his armed hosts knew no end. (Trans. Rhys Davids, *S.B.E.* XXXV, pp. 6, 7.)