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The Indo-Greeks ultimately disappeared as a political entity around 10 AD following the invasions of the Indo-Scythians, although pockets of Greek populations probably remained for several centuries longer under the subsequent rule of the Indo-Parthians, the Kushans, [b] and the Indo-Scythians, whose Western Satraps state lingered on ...
The Indo-Greeks continued to maintain themselves in the eastern Punjab for several decades, until the kingdom of the last Indo-Greek king Strato II was taken over by the Indo-Scythian ruler Rajuvula around 10 CE. The coins of these Indo-Greek rulers deteriorated constantly, both in terms of artistic quality (due to the long isolation) and in ...
some Yavana (Greek) king, forcing him to retreat to Mathura. The name of the Yavana king is not clear. R. D. Banerji and K.P. Jayaswal in 1920 read the name of the Yavana king as "Dimita", and identify him with Demetrius I of Bactria. Romila Thapar too, in The Past Before Us published in 2013, states that it is "probably the Indo-Greek king ...
Indo-Greek Kingdoms in 100 BC The founder of the Indo-Greek Kingdom Demetrius I (205–171 BC), wearing the scalp of an elephant, symbol of his conquests in the Indus Valley. In 180 BC, the Indo-Greeks, invaded parts of northwest and northern India and ruled in the Punjab
The first Indo-Greek kings, also sometimes called "Indo-Bactrian", from Demetrius I (200–190 BCE) to Eucratides (170–145 BCE) ruled simultaneously,the areas of Bactria and northwestern India, until they were completely expelled from Bactria and the eastern Bactrian capital city of Ai-Khanoum by invading nomads, probably the Yuezhi, or possibly the Sakas, circa 145 BCE.
The 36 Indo-Greek kings known through epigraphy or through their coins belong to the period between 180 BC to AD10–20. [2] There are a few hints of a later Indo-Greek political presence in the Indian subcontinent. Theodamas, known from an inscription on a signet, may have been an Indo-Greek ruler in the Bajaur area in the
Maues (Greek: Μαฯης Maúฤs; ΜΑΥΟΥ Mauou (epigraphic); Kharosthi: ๐จจ๐จ๐จ Mo-a, Moa, [2] called ๐จจ๐จ๐จ Mo-ga, Moga on the Taxila copper plate; [3] also called ๐จจ๐จ ๐จฌ๐จ๐จ ๐จจ๐จ๐จฉ๐จ๐จ Me-va-ki Mi-yi-ka, Mevaki Miyika in the Mathura lion capital inscription, [4] [5]) was the first Indo-Scythian king, ruling from 98/85 to 60/57 BCE. [6]
Within the Indo-Greek Kingdom there were over 30 kings, often in competition on different territories. Many of them are only known through their coins. Many of the dates, territories, and relationships between Indo-Greek kings are tentative and essentially based on numismatic analysis (find places, overstrikes, monograms, metallurgy, styles), a few Classical writings, and Indian writings and ...