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# The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s3.94

The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s3.94

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### [c10.s3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c10.s3.94)

³ Nothing turns on the Alexander-descent, which had no propaganda value; the Euthydemids, in claiming it themselves, equally claimed it for their Seleucid opponents. The cult-names borne by Diodotus and Euthydemus in the series may point to an organised state-cult, and if so Alexander may have been brought in because in the state-cult his name headed the list, as in Egypt.

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