[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) › c12.87 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c12.87 The Greeks in Bactria and India c12.87 - **Language:** English ### [c12.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c12.87) vinced to the contrary by Dr E. Bickermann’s attempt to fix the date between 145 and 127 B.C.¹ For the purposes of this Excursus I take the date as c. 100 B.C., though all that I really need at this stage is the certain fact that Pseudo-Aristeas wrote much later than the reign of Ptolemy II. For it has then to be asked why the Jewish author should have chosen as his protagonist Ptolemy II, a king long dead and done with; and perhaps if we can answer that question we shall know why the Buddhist author chose Menander. - [Previous: c12.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c12.86) - [Next: c12.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c12.88) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c12.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c12.87) · Pramāṇa