The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c28.42

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¹ No inscriptions of Kadphises II being known, the evidence for the extent of his Indian dominions rests chiefly on the distribution of his coins. When the *Periplus* was written, about A. D. 80, Parthian chiefs still ruled the Indus delta. The proof that the Nameless King, Σωτὴρ μέγας, was contemporary with Kadphises II is given in detail by Cunningham (*Num. Chron.*, 1892, p. 71). His coins, mostly copper or bronze, include a few in base silver. Both Kadphises II and the Nameless King use the title *sōtēr-megas*; but while the former calls himself *basileus basileōn*, ‘king of kings’, the latter describes himself as *basileus basileuōn*, ‘reigning king’. The participle probably indicates subordinate rank. See *Catal. Coins in I. M.*, vol. I.