JIHOṆIKA, a ruler in northwestern India known to us from his coins and an inscription. On the obverse of his…

DIODOTUS, the satrap of Bactria-Sogdiana, who revolted against his Seleucid soverign Antiochus II (q.v.) and proclaimed himself king, thus laying…

KADPHISES, KUJULA, first Kushan king. King Kujula Kadphises was the founder of the Kushan dynasty in Central Asia and India,…

INDO-GREEK DYNASTY, Greco-Bactrian kings who ruled over the region south of the Hindu Kush in the second and first century…

HELIOCLES I, the last Greek king to reign in Bactria (ca. 145-130 BCE; Figure 1). He was one of the…