[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900) › c19.11 # A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.11 A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.11 - **Language:** English ### [c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.11) After Açoka’s death the Græco-Bactrian princes began about 200 B.C. to conquer Western India, and ruled there for about eighty years. Euthydemos extended his dominions to the Jhelum. His son Demetrios (early in the second century B.C.) appears to have held sway over the Lower Indus, Mālava, Gujarat, and probably also Kashmir. He is called “King of the Indians,” and was the first to introduce a bilingual coinage by adding an Indian inscription in \*Kharoshṭhī\* characters on the reverse to the Greek on the obverse. Eukratides (190–160 B.C.), who rebelled against Demetrios, subjected the Panjāb as far east as the Beäs. After the reign of Heliokles (160–120 B.C.), the Greek princes in India ceased to be connected with Bactria. The most prominent among these Græco-Indians was Menander (\*c.\* 150 B.C.), who, under the name of Milinda, is well known in Buddhist writings. The last vestige of Greek domination in India disappeared about 20 B.C., having lasted nearly two centuries. It is a remarkable fact that no Greek monumental inscriptions have ever been found in India. - [Previous: c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.10) - [Next: c19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.12) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900.c19.11) · Pramāṇa