Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s3.36
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s3.36
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c14.s3.36
Beyond Takshaśilā the empire stretched as far as the confines of the realm of “*Aṁtiyako Yonarājā*,” usually identified with Antiochos II Theos of Syria (261-246 B. C.), and included the wide territory round Shāhbāzgarhi² and Mānsahra³ inhabited by the Yonas, Kambojas and the Gandhāras. The exact situation of this Yona territory has not yet been determined. The *Mahāvaṁsa* evidently refers to it and its chief city Alasanda which Cunningham and Geiger identify with the town of Alexandria (Begram, west of Kāpiśa)