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The Greeks in Bactria and India c28.30

The Greeks in Bactria and India c28.30

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c28.30

¹ *CHI* p. 570; cf. *JRAS* 1930 pp. 186, 193. ² In the Jihonika inscription, *CII* p. 81 no. xxx (see p. 500), Konow says that F. W. Thomas and himself have now read ‘Saka’ before the number, 191: *JIH* 1933 p. 3. ³ His coins: *BMC* pp. 68 *sqq.*; Cunningham *NC* 1890 pp. 130 *sqq.* ⁴ J. F. Fleet, *JRAS* 1914 p. 797; and see now p. 502. ⁵ Leader of the Sacas at Gaugamela, Arr. III, 8, 3. ⁶ King of Ta-yuan in 101 B.C., Hirth pp. 109 *sqq.*; see p. 308. ⁷ F. W. Thomas, *JRAS* 1906 p. 208; Herzfeld, *Sakastan* pp. 93, 97; Konow, *CII* pp. xxxix *sq.* This does not necessarily mean that Azes and Azilises were the same king (p. 498 n. 5 ); kings of the same name succeeding one another were as familiar to the ancient as to the modern world. ⁸ His coins: Whitehead *NC* p. 337 nos. 58, 59 (four bronze pieces), cf. Whitehead, *JASB* VI, 1910, Num. Supp. XIV p. 561 no. 12, and another specimen, *ASI* 1912–13 p. 46 no. 7; and four specimens of the silver coin, *BMC* p. 171 Pl. XXXII, 7, *ASI* 1929–30 p. 74 no. 46 = p. 88 no. 21, and the two in Berlin, O. Stein, *Telephos* (4) in PW, 1934.