The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s6.109

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⁷ As his reign is A.D. 19–45 plus, and as the square omega first appears in Parthia under Vardanes, A.D. 41–5 (*BMC Parthia* p. 153), he introduced this form; that is, some district in India, probably Taxila, was experimenting for itself after Greek rule had ended. But the intermediate omega of Nicias, unknown in Parthia, shows that experiments had begun somewhere *before* Greek rule ended. The square forms of phi, theta, and rho appear at Susa earlier than Gondophares, with a square omicron but with a round omega: *SEG* VII, 12, 13.