[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) › c17.12 # The Greeks in Bactria and India c17.12 The Greeks in Bactria and India c17.12 - **Language:** English ### [c17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c17.12) ² Transcriptions. Dattāmitra (Patañjali and Mahābhārata), Devamantiya (Milindapañha), Dharma-mita (Yuga-purāṇa, App. 4); these three are ‘adjusted’ to look like Indian words. Demetriya (on the bilingual tetradrachm), Timitra (on a seal from Besnagar, ASI 1914-15 i p. 19, ii p. 77). Add Damtāmitiyaka or Datāmitiyaka (Nasik 19, see p. 257 n. 3) for an inhabitant of Demetrias, and Dharmamitra-Demetrias, Lévi in JA 1933 p. 27 n. 1 (see p. 118). Note that Demetriya, though Prakrit, has retained the r. - [Previous: c17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c17.11) - [Next: c17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c17.13) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tarn-1938.c17.12) · Pramāṇa