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    Menander I Soter (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος Σωτήρ, romanized: Ménandros Sōtḗr, lit. 'Menander the Saviour'; Pali: Milinda; sometimes called Menander the...
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    Indian Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek king Menander I (Pali: Milinda) of Bactria. The Milindapañhā is regarded as canonical...
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    Menander (/məˈnændər/; Greek: Μένανδρος Menandros; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy...
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    Indo-Greek King known as Menander II. Menander I's capital was at Sagala in the Punjab (present-day Sialkot). Following the death of Menander, most of his empire...
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    previously held by Menander I. He may have belonged to the dynasty of Euthydemus I. Zoilus used to be dated after the death of Menander, c. 130–120 BCE (Bopearachchi)...
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    discussion under Menander I) as their portraits were rather similar and Menander II seems to have been a devout Buddhist, just as Menander I was, according...
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    campaigns to Pataliputra are generally attested to the later king Menander I and Demetrius I probably only invaded areas in Pakistan. Other kings may have...
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    Ptolemy I Soter (/ˈtɒləmi/; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general...
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    Menander II. Until recently, consensus was that he ruled between c. 130–110 BCE in Northern India and that his father was the great king Menander I....
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    Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus I, led his troops across the Hindu Kush. Apollodotus, may have made advances in the south, while Menander, led later invasions further...
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    region by Emperor Ashoka. Later on, the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek king Menander I, who may have converted to Buddhism, stimulated the spread of the religion...
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  • Menander Protector (Menander the Guardsman, Menander the Byzantian; Greek: Μένανδρος Προτήκτωρ or Προτέκτωρ) was a Byzantine historian, born in Constantinople...
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    this king is uncertain: he could be either Demetrius I, or Demetrius II, but more likely Menander I. Eukratideion "Eucratides led many wars with great courage...
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    which caused the Indian parts of the empire to be lost to Indo-Greek king Menander I and southern Bactria to be lost to the Yuezhi. From 130 BC a nomadic people...
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  • Sagala (category Menander I)
    century BC, Sagala was made capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander I. Menander embraced Buddhism after extensive debating with a Buddhist monk,...
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  • Soter Attalus I Seleucus III Ceraunus Ptolemy IX (died 81 BCE), twice king of Ptolemaic Egypt Diodotus I Strato II Strato I Menander I (died 130 BCE)...
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    principate around the lower Kabul valley. He was possibly a relative of Menander I. Bopearachchi suggests that Nicias ruled c. 90–85 BC. This late date is...
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    have been succeeded by the most successful of the Indo-Greek kings, Menander I. Menander converted to Buddhism, and seems to have been a great patron of the...
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    numerous instances of interaction between Greeks and Buddhism are recorded. Menander I, the "Saviour king", is documented to have converted to Buddhism, and...
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    The House of Menander (Italian: Casa del Menandro) is one of the richest and most magnificent houses in ancient Pompeii in terms of architecture, decoration...
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    man") was one of the Indo-Greek kings. He may have been a relative of Menander I, and the findplaces of his coins seem to indicate that he ruled in the...
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  • Greek dramatist Menander (general), general of Alexander the Great Menander I, Indo-Greek king Menander II, Indo-Greek king Menander of Laodicea, Greek...
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    coin is in a style similar to those of Menander I, has the same type of Athena, and shares one of Menander's mint marks. On the coin, the title of Thraso...
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    around 260 BCE and subsequently during the reign of the Indo-Greek king Menander (r. 165/155–130 BCE) is described in the Mahavamsa, an important non-canonical...
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    lived around 150 BC. His answers to questions about Buddhism posed by Menander I (Pali: Milinda), the Indo-Greek king of northwestern India, are recorded...
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    losing Bactria around circa 145 BCE during the rule of Eucratides and Menander I, the Greeks were generally called as "Indo-Greeks" only. The main known...
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  • Milinda Panha (lit. 'Menander's Question'), an early Indian Buddhist text in the form of a question and answer between king Menander I and monk Nagasena...
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    Great in 326 BCE. It was made the capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander I in the 2nd century BCE — a time during which the city greatly prospered...
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    western territories closer to Bactria. Eventually Apollodotus I was succeeded by Menander I, and the two kings are mentioned by Pompejus Trogus as important...
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    Seleucus I Nicator (/səˈljuːkəs naɪˈkeɪtər/;[citation needed] c. 358 – 281 BC; Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ Séleukos Nikátōr Attic Greek pronunciation: [sé...
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