The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s3.25

v1.c30.s3.25

On certain coins struck in the district of Takshaçilā (type ‘Pilei,’ *Summary*, p. 591), Antialcidas is associated with Lysias; but there is nothing to explain the relation which one bore to the other, or even to show clearly to which of the two royal houses of Yavanas Lysias belonged. Indeed, since one class of the coins which Lysias strikes as sole ruler bears types, ‘Bust of king wearing elephant’s scalp : Heracles standing,’ which are identical with those of Demetrius, it is usually assumed that the two kings belong to the same family. But in this case, as so frequently, numismatic evidence is ambiguous. It is perhaps equally probable that the types introduced into India by Demetrius had become characteristic of a particular district, and therefore continued to be used in that district after it had passed from the house of Euthydemus to the house of Eucratides.