The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.37

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The coins of Maues are copied from those struck by princes of both the Yavana houses (Pll. VI, 2, 9, 12; VIII, 48, and *Summary*, pp. 586 ff.). The numismatic evidence combined with that of the Takshaçilā copper-plate indicates that he conquered Gandhāra—Pushkalāvatī to the west of the Indus (Pl. VI, 12, and *Summary*, p. 587) as well as Takshaçilā to the east—and it is possible that he may have invaded the Yavana dominions in the eastern Punjab. But it is clear that in the direction last mentioned the Çaka conquests failed to reach their limit during his reign. For a time the remnants of the two Yavana houses in the upper Kābul valley and in the eastern Punjab seem to have been separated by the Çaka dominions which lay between them in the valley of the Indus.