R ’ S P R E FA E E D I T O C . TH E presen t volume con tain s all the coin s which were issued by ' the Greek an d Scythic kin gs who ruled in I ndia an d the n eigh hoar in g lan ds between the time of Alexander the Great an d the hird en ur A D . t c t y . The ork has been on an d labor ous a ke to om l r w l g i , li c pi e , edi or an d r n er. The n umber of unusua har r h h t , p i t l c acte s w ic it con tain s has greatly hin der ed its progress ; but the typ ographical ul ies n en the on l on es The h s or f h in diffic t have ot be y . i t y o t e k gs i s e obs ure an d the es em lo ed on heir o n s of en of a v ry c , typ p y t c i t m ed an d un er a n hara er . On the o her han d few fields f ix c t i c ct t , o i er r her ma er al h s or a ar haeo o a an d. n umismat cs ofi ic t i , i t ic l, c l gic l, il even philological though philological theories are n ecessar y excluded from these p ages. r l m R E who has i nk are due to Gene a unn n ha . Spec al tha s C i g , , allowed the compiler free use of his plates published in recen t m sma hron le an d has hus en abled the volumes of the Nu i tic C ic , t presen t work to be ren dered far more complete than it could other rofessor e il B en da who has en a uable wise be : also to P C c ll, giv v l philological aid. E TO P EFA E DI R S R C . Th e system of tran sliteration a dapted for Prakrit words A ufrecht in the San skritic Catalogue Catalogue of B ooks in B ritish Mu m seu . I ha e carefull re ised manus r » of his work v y v c ipt t , i w th the correspon ding description . RE I A L D R G N STU A T POOL E . CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODU CTION I H S O AL Ourmus . I T RIC s Al exander the Great xviii Andr oras So h es ag , p yt Diodotus ; Bactrian revolt mus I in asion f An ioch Euth de o us III . y . v t ' D emetrius and Eucratides con quest of I ndia xxii l n A hocles Euth d Pla o Pan a eo a emus II. t , t , g t , y Medals of Agathocles an d An timachus xxviii Heliocles Chin ese account of the Yueh- Chi Chart of Greek and Scythic domin ions Successors of Heli ocles Antialcidas and L ysias The Sonipat find r A ollodotus Menande , p Geographical data Ranjabala Scythic Kings : Maues s Azilises Aze , hian Kin s Gon do hares Part g p , Sanabares Saka Kings : Heraus - I Yueh Chi n s Kadphises . a hes Kad hises II . Kad p , p Kan erkes and Hooerkes their era Vasu D eva viii CONTENTS. Greek types WEIGHTS TABL E or raausmrsaari ous D iodotus I . CO TENTS N . D ionysius Apollophanes Hermaeus Hermaeus an d Calliope A zes A zes and A zilises Azilises Spalirises as Kin g Gondophares Pacores Zeionises U ncertain Kings ' Sanabares Hyrcodes Kadaphes Theophilus Apollodotus i couranrs. x Arsaces Dikaios I es . Typ III i les of Kin s . T t g A . Greek Table for con vertin g English I nc hes into Millimetres ' L t ' sr or PL ATES. xiii L IS OF PL A E T T S. Andra oras So h tes Diodotns Enth dem I g , p y , , y ns . Euth demus I D em . etri y , us. D eme rius Eu h dem t us II Pan aleon. t , y . , t A a hocles g t . An im E ti achu I . ncra t s des. Eucra es tid Pla o. , t Heliocles A ntialcidas , . Antial idas L sias D i m c o edes. , y , Arch ll ebi s A odotus. u , po A oll d us ra o I o ot S . p , t t ra g ath l i Menander S o I . A oc e a t t , , . Menander an der D i n i l E o s us Zoi us. , p , y , mi A ollo hanes Ar e dorus An imachus II . Philoxcnus Ni ias c . p p , t , t , , i ostratus Am n tas. H pp , y Hermaeus allio e Ran abala , C p , j . Manes. Manes, Azes. Azas. Azes. Azas Azilises. , zili s V nones S alahores &c. A se o , p , , . Gon do hares. ali rises &c. Sp , p Pacores Ortha nes Sanabares. a Zeionises &c. Abd gases, , , g , l Me as Heraiis H rcodes &c. Basi eus g , , y , Kada hes Kad hises II . hises I . Kadp , p , p Kanerkes. ooerkes. Kan erkes, H Hooerkes. Bazodeo &c. Hooerkes, , Supplementary. T H E COIN S GRE E K AN D K IN GS B TR A I A C I A ND N D I A . I TR D N O U CTION. IN treating of the arran gemen t of the coins of the Greek an d S h Kin s of B a r a an d India is ne essar cyt ic g ct i , it c y Necessity for he“ w inin “ g his to enter briefly in to all the known facts of their ton e“ data. his or The Kin of the u ema t y. gs Sele cid an d Ptol ic d n as es su ceeded one an o her in a kn o n order an h hief y ti c t w , d t e c even ts of their reigns have been han ded down to us by an cien t f writers. It was there ore unnecessary to give the facts of their hi s or as an in rodu on to the s s of the o ns ssu d hem t y t cti li t c i i e by t . But in re ard to all but two or hr ee of the k n s f th f r r Eas g t i g o e a the t, the an cien t historian s are quite silen t ; and coins and inscription s a one a us fr m n ran e h r f is l s ve o ig o c even of their n ames. T e e ore it n ecessary in thi s Introduction to trace the outlin es of any history wh h can n ow be re o ered an d in ar u ar in some de a to set ic c v , p tic l t il forth the historical facts which may fairly be establish ed by means f h o n s In order to br n the di s uss on n o the narro est o t e c i . i g c i i t w s m s be ne essar 1 to abs ain from mere con po sible li it , it will c y ( ) t e ture ho e er . em n 2 to a oid fu l dis uss on of dis u ed j c , w v t pti g ; ( ) v l c i p t mere n d a n where difieren ce of o n on e is s an d points, ly i ic ti g pi i x t , - f rr n hen oss b e to orks alread ub shed or mono ra hs re e i g, w p i l , w y p li , g p i in various numismatic journ als ; (3) to treat n detail only such m sma i bear n p arts of history as have a n u i t c i g. is due for the arran emen and de The writers to whom credit g t ci in s re in the firs r nk James herment of these co a , t a , Most important p writer" * h ~ A e an der unn n am. Prinsep an d Gen eral l x C i g 1 I ndian A nti uities. E ssays on. q f Ale ander Numismati c Claromcle, 1 868, &c 1 Coins of the Successors o x , , b xviii INTRODU CTI ON . u h Mr E Thomas * an d W son ha e also don e m c . , il ,1 v ld im or an work bo h h s ori al an d n umisma i in the same fie . p t t , t i t c t c, n Salle The most recen t mon ograph on the coin s is that of vo t, § have whose scholarly acquiremen ts and solid numismatic judgmen t de en abled him to correct on man y p oin ts the theories of hi s pre ’ ’ Mr . James Fer usson s an d Professor o ell s resear hes cessors.