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  Greco-Buddhism - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The coins of the Indo-Greek king Menander (reigned 160 to 135 BCE), found from Afghanistan to 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 coins the title of "Maharajasa Dharmika" (lit.
When the zoroastrian Indo-Parthians invaded northern India in the 1st century CE, they adopted a large part of the symbolism of Indo-Greek coinage, but refrained from ever using the elephant, suggesting that its meaning was not merely geographical.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Greco-Buddhist   (3873 words)

  
 Peukolaos - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Obv: Bust of diademed king Peukolaos, with Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΠΕΥΚΟΛΑΟΥ "King Peucolaus, The Just and The Saviour".
Rev: Zeus with scepter in left hand, making with his right hand a gesture of benediction, identical to the Buddhist vitarka mudra.
You can find it there under the keyword Peukolaos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peukolaos)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peukolaosandaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Peukolaos   (188 words)

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