The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s2.31

c10.s2.31

Demetrius took to India with him his second son Demetrius (II), and also his general Menander, of whom much will be heard later. It is just possible that the Paropamisadae were his already (p. 101); anyhow he took Gandhāra, crossed the Indus, and occupied Taxila, which had been Alexander’s advanced base and must have been his also. It may be taken as certain that he occupied Taxila himself, because the line of conquest there bifurcated, and had he left Taxila to be occupied by Menander, it and not Sāgala must have become Menander’s capital.