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The Greeks in Bactria and India c2: Chapter IV. Demetrius and the Invasion of India

The Greeks in Bactria and India c2

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Chapter IV. Demetrius and the Invasion of India

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The Mauryan empire, *p.* 129. Previous invasions, *p.* 130. Demetrius as a second Alexander, *p.* 131. Chronology, *p.* 132. Date of Menander, *p.* 133. Euthydemus II, *p.* 134. Gandhāra, *p.* 135. Taxila (Bhir), *p.* 136. Demetrius II, *p.* 137. Demetrius’ communications with Bactria, *p.* 139. Apollodotus and Menander, *p.* 140. Demetrius occupies Sind, *p.* 142. Demetrias-Patala, *p.* 142. The eastern advance, *p.* 143. Menander occupies Pātaliputra, *p.* 145. The southern advance, *p.* 147. Apollodotus occupies Barygaza and Ujjain, *p.* 148. Demetrius’ plan, *p.* 152. ‘Asia’ and ‘India’, *p.* 153. *Rex Indorum*, *p.* 154. Demetrius’ realm, *p.* 155. His return to Bactria, *p.* 156. Re-organisation of sub-kings, *p.* 156. Demetrius II, *p.* 157. Pantaleon, *p.* 157. Agathocles, *p.* 157. Hecate of the Three Ways, *p.* 158. Agathocles’ coinage, *p.* 158. Coinage of Taxila, *p.* 161. Apollodotus, *p.* 163. Menander, *p.* 166. The meaning of the ‘conquest’ of India, *p.* 167. Alexander in India, *p.* 167. The ‘free’ peoples, *p.* 169. Kambojas, *p.* 170. Asvaka, *p.* 170. Sibi, *p.* 170. Madras, *p.* 171. Sauvīras, *p.* 171. Abhiras, *p.* 171. Greeks and Buddhism, *p.* 172. Brahmans, *p.* 173. Pushyamitra, *p.* 175. Greeks and Buddhists, *p.* 175. The Asoka-Avadāna, *p.* 177. Demetrius as King of Justice, *p.* 178. His Taxila (Sirkap), *p.* 179. Nature of the ‘conquest’, *p.* 180. The bilingual coinage, *p.* 181. Demetrius’ policy and kingship, *p.* 181.

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Chapter V. ANTIOCHUS IV AND EUCRATIDES

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Antiochus: the lost chapter, *p.* 183. His career, *p.* 184. Babylon, *p.* 187. His plan, *p.* 188. Coinage, *p.* 191. Egypt, *p.* 192. His triumph, *p.* 193. His Charisteria at Babylon, *p.* 195. His cousin Eucratides, *p.* 196. Eucratides’ chronology, *p.* 197. Eucratides’ conquest of eastern Iran, *p.* 199. Death of Demetrius, *p.* 200. The Euthydemid propaganda, *p.* 201. The reason of Eucratides’ success, *p.* 202. His position, *p.* 203. The two Seleucid realms, *p.* 203. The Dioscuri, *p.* 204. Antiochus’ celebrations, *p.* 206. Eucratideia, *p.* 207. Plato, *p.* 209. Eucratides invades India, *p.* 212. Premature death of Antiochus, *p.* 215. Death of Apollodotus, *p.* 215. Eucratides King of Kings, *p.* 217. Chronology, *p.* 218. His recall to Bactria, *p.* 219. His defeat and death, *p.* 219. Mithridates I and Bactria, *p.* 222.

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