Greco-Bactrian Kingdom Reaches Zenith Under Menander
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Asian History, Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Afghanistan
- Date: c. 155
Article abstract: Menander expanded the Greco-Bactrian Empire to its greatest extent; he is immortalized in The Questions of King Milinda, a Buddhist dialogue between Menander and the Buddhist sage Nāgasena.
Summary of Event
After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 b.c.e., the eastern kingdoms of his empire fell to the Seleucids. In c. 256 b.c.e., Diodotus I broke away from the Seleucids, establishing Bactria as a separate kingdom. Menander remains the most well-known of the Indo-Greek kings.
The chronology for the successors of Diodotus I...
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