Demetrius II of India
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Demetrius II was an Indo-Greek king who ruled briefly during the 2nd century BC. Little is known about him and there are different views about how to date him. Earlier authors such as Tarn and Narain
Portrait of Demetrius II
Coin of Demetrius II. Obv: Profile of Demetrius II. Rev: Standing Athena with legend "(of) King Demetrius".
Demetrius I of Bactria
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Demetrius I Anicetus, also called Dimetriya or Dhammamita in Indian sources, was a Greco-Bactrian king and the founder of the Indo-Greek kingdom, who ruled areas from Bactria to ancient northwestern I
Demetrius II of India
…Little is known about him and there are different views about how to date him. Earlier authors such as Tarn and Narain saw him as a son and sub-king of Demetrius I, but this view has now been abandoned. Osmund Bopearachchi has suggested that he ruled in Bactria and Arachosia c. 175–170 BC, but this has been…
Portrait of King Demetrius, wearing an elephant scalp and diadem, as shown on his silver coins
Commemorative coin of Agathocles of Bactria, for Demetrius I. Obverse with the Greek legend: ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ, Dēmētriou Anikētou, "Of Demetrius the Unconquered". The reverse showing standing Heracles, and the Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ, Basileuontos Dikaiou Agathokleous, "Of Agathocles the Just, ruling as King". British Museum.
Silver tetradrachm of Demetrius I. Obverse with the diademed and draped bust of king, wearing elephant-skin headdress (evoking Alexander the Great and his conquests in India). Reverse shows Heracles standing, crowning himself, holding club and lion skin. Greek legend reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Basileōs Dēmētriou, "of King Demetrius".
A Yavana (greek) warrior statue in Rani ki noor, Khandagiri .