The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s3.9
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s3.9
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In this case, as also in others recorded by the historians of Alexander, the Greeks sought to identify the Indian divinities with their own. They evidently regarded the tutelary deity of the city of Kāpiçī as Zeus. The coin-type thus inaugurated became characteristic of the house of Eucratides in the Kābul valley. It continued to be used by his successors until all Yavana rule in India came to an end. It is found on the coins of Heliocles, Antialcidas, Amyntas (*Summary*, p. 591), and Hermaeus (Pl. VII, 37).