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The Greeks in Bactria and India c3: Chapter VI. MENANDER AND HIS KINGDOM pages 225-269

The Greeks in Bactria and India c3

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Chapter VI. MENANDER AND HIS KINGDOM pages 225-269

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Menander sole king in India, *p. 225*. Chronology, *p. 225*. Agathocleia, *p. 226*. Extent of his rule, *p. 227*. Antimachus II his sub-king, *p. 229*. Ptolemy the geographer, *p. 230*. The fragments of a list of the Greek provinces, *p. 232*. Sind and the South, *p. 233*. Gandhāra, *p. 237*. The East, *p. 238*. The Indian peoples, *p. 239*. Nature and organisation of the Greek provinces, *p. 240*. The towns, *p. 243*. Ptolemy’s list east of the Jhelum, *p. 245*. Bucephala, *p. 245*. Iomousa, *p. 246*. Sāgala, *p. 247*. Greek poetry, *p. 248*. Military colonies, *p. 249*. Mathurā, *p. 251*. The cave inscriptions, *p. 254*. Indian citizens of Greek cities, *p. 256*. Nature of Menander’s kingdom, *p. 258*. Trade, *p. 260*. Coinage, *p. 261*. Menander as a Chakravartin, *p. 263*. ‘Weds Athena’, *p. 265*. His legend, *p. 265*. The Milindapañha, *p. 266*. His attitude to Buddhism, *p. 268*.

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Chapter VII. THE NOMAD CONQUEST OF BACTRIA *pages 270-311

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Heliocles, *p. 270*. Eucratides II, *p. 271*. Antialcidas, *p. 273*. Causes of the nomad invasion, *p. 274*. The trek of the Yueh-chi, *p. 276*. The Sai-wang, *p. 277*. Ferghana (Ta-yuan), *p. 278*. Chang-k’ien, *p. 279*. His Report: how far his, *p. 280*. The mythical Saca conquest of Bactria, *p. 283*. The Greek accounts, *p. 284*. Asii, *p. 284*. Tochari, *p. 285*. The Yueh-chi a composite horde, *p. 286*. Language and race of the Asii, *p. 287*. Of the Tochari, *p. 288*. Sacaraucae, *p. 291*. Pasiani-Parsii, *p. 292*. Chronology of the conquest of Bactria (Ta-hia), *p. 294*. The Ta-hia = Tochari myth, *p. 296*. Origin of the name Ta-hia, *p. 297*. Parallels to their recognition by Chang-k’ien, *p. 297*. His account of them, *p. 298*. The ‘walled towns’, *p. 299*. Reconstruction of the conquest, *p. 299*. Origin and meaning of the Alexander-descents, *p. 301*. Coinage under the Yueh-chi, *p. 303*. The writing of Saca, *p. 305*. The ‘perishing’ of the Sacaraucae, *p. 306*. The ‘heavenly horse’, *p. 308*. The last Greek, *p. 310*. Chang-k’ien and his legend, *p. 311*.

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