The Greeks in Bactria and India c8.2

c8.2

¹ In this book, the name Demetrius alone always means Demetrius of Bactria, and Demetrius II alone always means his son; every other Demetrius, including the Seleucids Demetrius I and II, always has some distinguishing word unless the context renders the meaning unmistakable. Seleuceia alone always means Seleuceia on the Tigris. The word ‘Greeks’, east of the Euphrates, includes Macedonians, unless the latter are particularised; probably by the second century B.C. the two were indistinguishable, and anyhow there are no means of distinguishing them. The term ‘Indian scholar’ (on the analogy of ‘Greek scholar’) means one engaged in Indian studies and has nothing to do with nationality.