The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s4.95

c10.s4.95

These peoples probably cover the whole of Menander’s domain between the Madras and the frontier south of Mathurā.¹ No doubt it is unfortunate that Ptolemy’s record is so imperfect, and not only in the east; we know nothing of the provinces, which must have existed, in the southern Punjab and in the important kingdom of Taxila. However, when one considers his complete ignorance of the Seleucid organisation and province-names in parts of eastern Iran, one must be very grateful that he has preserved as much as he has done about India.