Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.166

c13.s2.166

Aśoka recognised the existence of Yona (Yavana) settlers on the north-western fringe of his empire, and appointed some of them, *e.g.*, the Yavana-rāja Tushāspha)² to high offices of state. Boukephala Alexandria flourished as late as the time of the *Periplus of the Erythraean Sea*.³ One of the Alexandrias (Alasanda) is mentioned in the *Mahāvaṁsa*.⁴