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
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 .
Euthydemus I
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Euthydemus I was a Greco-Bactrian king and founder of the Euthydemid dynasty. He is thought to have originally been a satrap of Sogdia, who usurped power from Diodotus II in 224 BC. Literary sources,
Demetrius I of Bactria
…king and the founder of the Indo-Greek kingdom, who ruled areas from Bactria to ancient northwestern India. He was the son of the Greco-Bactrian ruler Euthydemus I, an Ionian-Greek from one of the Magnesias in Ionia, though it is uncertain from which one (Magnesia on the Maeander or Magnesia ad Sipylum). He succeeded…
Coin of Euthydemus
Section of the Kuliab inscription written in Greek
Coin of Euthydemus, 'youthful' portrait (type 1).
Coin of Euthydemus, 'middle-aged' portrait (type 3).