[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) › c16.43 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c16.43 The Greeks in Bactria and India c16.43 - **Language:** English ### [c16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c16.43) In §11 are mentioned five Mlechchha kings, greedy and powerful, who will destroy the four castes: (1) red-eyed Amlata, the invincible; (2) Gopalobhama, reigning one year; (3) Pushyaka the just, one year; (4) Savila the invincible, three years; (5) Viknayas a non-Brahman, three years. Jayaswal suggests that the first four are the Greek kings Amyntas, Apollophanes, Peucolaos, Zoilus. I think this most improbable. These Greek kings have nothing to do with the story of Pāṭaliputra; their coin-titles, except perhaps in the case of Peucolaos, do not agree with those given to the kings of §11;⁵ and Zoilus δίκαιος and Peucolaos are certainly, and Zoilus σωτήρ probably, earlier than Amyntas. These Mlechchha kings are well down in the Saca period; I fortunately do not have to guess who they are. - [Previous: c16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c16.42) - [Next: c16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c16.44) - [Up: c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c16.43) · Pramāṇa