The Greeks in Bactria and India c28.24

c28.24

Dr K. P. Jayaswal⁸ made the Era c. 120 B.C., which he took as the date of a revolt by the Sacas of Seistan against Mithridates II, and dated the inscription therefore c. 42 B.C. The legend he cites, if based on fact, certainly shows that they were at enmity with Mithridates; but the Saca invasion of Parthia was quite certainly in 129,⁹ and if one can speak of a revolt in Seistan (I doubt it myself, see p. 500) it was probably then. As Mithridates was completely victorious, it does not seem a hopeful point for the start of a continuing Saca Era; but this dating will be considered later.