Diodotid dynasty
Coin of Eucratides the Great with the Dioscuri, along with Thundering Zeus, serving as the symbols of the Diodotids.
CountryAfghanistan
Founded305 BC (Principal Satrapy); 255 BC (Kingdom)
FounderDiodotus I
Final rulerHeliocles II
Titles
Dissolutionc. 100 BC

The Diodotid dynasty was a Hellenistic dynasty founded by Seleucid viceroy Diodotus I Soter[1][2] in 255 BC, ruling the far-eastern Kingdom of Bactria.[3][4] The dynasty reached its zenith under Eucratides I the Great, who conquered large parts of modern day Pakistan and Northern India.[5]

References

  1. ^ Holt 1999, pp. 64
  2. ^ Ramirez-Faria, Carlos (2007). Concise Encyclopedia Of World History. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 64. ISBN 978-81-269-0775-5.
  3. ^ Astin, A. E. (1990). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-521-23448-1.
  4. ^ Justin XLI, paragraph 1
  5. ^ "Indo-Greek kingdom | Asian history". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
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