[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Greeks in Bactria and India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938) › c10.s2.23 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s2.23 The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s2.23 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.23) ³ Von Gutschmid’s date (\*Gesch. Irans\* p. 104), though he himself called it an unsafe calculation. He was going on the list in the \*Vayū-purāṇa\* which gives eight Greek kings of India—Demetrius, Eucratides, Apollodotus, Strato I, Strato II, Zoilus, Menander, Dionysius—and puts Menander two generations after his great-grandson. The sooner this worthless list is allowed to die the better. Even later dates for Menander have been suggested; see Winternitz, Eng. Tr. II p. 174 n. 2. I need not consider them. - [Previous: c10.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.22) - [Next: c10.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.24) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s2.23) · Pramāṇa