The Greeks in Bactria and India c28.19

c28.19

We come therefore to the group of theories which connect the Era with the Sacas of Seistan. Dr Sten Konow in the Corpus took the view that the Era celebrated Saca independence obtained on the death of Mithridates II in 88 B.C. (really 87) and that the date of the inscription was therefore 10 B.C.;⁴ but the discovery of the Kalawān inscription⁵ has led him to abandon this view and (substantially) to adopt that of Rapson,⁶ which has also entailed abandoning the chronology of the Corpus for a number of other inscriptions dated in the old Saca Era.⁷ There is in fact no reason for supposing that the Sacas of Seistan did obtain independence on the death of Mithridates II, though the Suren whose immediate vassals they were may have done so.