Indo Greek Kingdom in India

Menander I, Soter - King circa 155-130 B.C. Silver Drachm 15mm (2.35 grams) Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ MENANΔPOY "Of Saviour King Menander", Diademed heroic bust of Menander I, wearing aegis and brandishing spear left.

Athena Promachos standing left, brandishing thunderbolt and aegis; monogram to right; legend around, (Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa [of Great King Menander the Savior]).

This king was famous in Buddhist narrative as king "Milinda", who was said to have been a convert to Buddhism after debating philosophical points with the sage Nagasena. Perhaps the best-known of the Indo-Greek kings, Menander was appointed by Eukratides to rule the areas south of the Hindu Kush. His colleages in this task were Apollodotos and, later, Zoilos. According to Buddhist tradition, in which he is named Milinda, Menander was a just and powerful ruler and a convert to Buddhism.