Menander Protector
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Menander
Menander For the Indo-Greek king (160–135 BC) see Menander I.For the Byzantine historian and ethnographer of the 6th century, see Menander Protector. Bust of Menander Menander (342–291 BC) (Greek ), Greek dramatist, ...
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Indo-Greek Kingdom
... subdued by them than by Alexander -- by Menander in particular (at least if he actually ... figures such as Artemis. Retreat Tetradrachm of Menander I (160-135 BCE) in Greco-Bactrian style (Alexandria-Kapisa mint). Obv: King Menander throwing a spear. Rev: Athena with thunderbolt ... Greek legend: BASILEOS SOTĒROS MENANDROU "Of King Menander, the Saviour". The first invasion was completed ... ultimately checked by the Indo-Greek king Menander I (Milinda), previously a general of ...
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Greco-Buddhism
... Silver drachm of the Greek "Saviour King" Menander (r.160–135 BCE) The coins of the Indo-Greek king Menander (reigned 160 to 135 BCE), found from ... central India, bear the inscription "Saviour King Menander" in Greek on the front. Several Indo-Greek kings after Menander, such as Zoilos I, Strato I, Heliokles II, Theophilos, Peukolaos, Menander II and Archebios display on their ...
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User:PHG/ID
... half of the century, by the king Menander I. The city of Sirkap, today in ... figures such as Artemis. Consolidation Tetradrachm of Menander I (160-135 BCE) in Greco-Bactrian style (Alexandria-Kapisa mint). Obv: King Menander throwing a spear. Rev: Athena with thunderbolt ... Greek legend: BASILEOS SOTĒROS MENANDROU "Of King Menander, the Saviour". The first invasion was completed ... however checked by the Indo-Greek king Menander I (Milinda), who asserted himself in ...
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Greco-Buddhist art
... also explains that Nagasena, also known as Menander's Buddhist teacher, created in 43 BCE ... by his successors King Apollodotus I and Menander I, who were officially described as BASILEOS ... East. Heracles depiction of Vajrapani as the protector of the Buddha, 2nd century Gandhara, British ... to the Buddha: they share the same protector deity. In Gandharan art, the Buddha is ... abundantly as the representation of Vajrapani, the protector of the Buddha. Other Greek deities ...
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Zemarchus
... of Sogdiana, who had first, according to Menander Protector, suggested to Dizabul ( Dizaboulos , the Bu Mm ... gulf of the Arctic Ocean. References See Menander Protector, H~pl flpse~9iwv Pwuaiwp lrpi~r ...
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Demetrius I of Bactria
... are generally attested to the later king Menander I and Demetrius I probably only invaded ... II left behind his generals Apollodotus and Menander I, who in turn became kings of ... king. Also in another parallel, the characteristic protector deity of Demetrius (Herakles standing with his ... Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara as the protector deity of the Buddha. Preceded by:Euthydemus ...
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Maues
... a club resting on his arm, the protector deity of Demetrius. The Greek legend reads ... a club resting on his arm (the protector deity of the Indo-Greek king Demetrius ... persecution, which was also adopted as the protector deity of the Buddha in Greco-Buddhist ... adopted by the Buddhist Indo-Greek king Menander II. Maues therefore probably supported Buddhism, although ...
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Gandhara
... Bactria, resulted independence of Gandhara from Bactria. Menander was the most famous king. He ruled ... century. Heracles depiction of Vajrapani as the protector of the Buddha (3rd century). Wine-drinking ...
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