[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.s3.129 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s3.129 The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s3.129 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s3.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s3.129) ² C. Seltman, \*Greek Coins\* 1933 p. 235, says that βασιλέως μεγάλου on Eucratides’ coins is only a translation of \*Maharajasa\*, which cannot be right; when the two legends corresponded, the Kharoshthi translated the Greek, not \*vice versa\*, and \*Maharajasa\* had already been used before Eucratides to translate βασιλέως alone on Demetrius’ bilingual coins, both tetradrachm and bronze pieces; this became its regular use throughout the Greek period. On Saca and Kushan coins, however, a vassal or viceroy might call himself ‘Great King’; so Spalirises (p. 346) and the Nameless king (p. 354). - [Previous: c10.s3.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s3.128) - [Next: c10.s3.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s3.130) - [Up: c10.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s3.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s3.129) · Pramāṇa