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Menander I

r. c. 165–130 BCE · 2nd century BCE · Also known as Milinda, Menander Soter

Menander I was the best-known Indo-Greek king, ruling much of the Punjab and Gandhara from Sagala in the mid-2nd century BCE. His coins are found widely in north-western India, and he led campaigns into the Ganges plain. Buddhist tradition remembers him as King Milinda, whose dialogue with the monk Nagasena is recorded in the Milindapanha.

Menander I
Image: CNG Coins · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Indo-Greek Kingdom

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