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Demetrius I

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Person:324703

Lineage	Bactria
Sex	Male
Full name (at birth)	Demetrius I
Parents ♂ Euthydemos I ? (of Bactria) [Bactria]
Wiki-page	wikipedia:Demetrius_I_of_Bactria

Events

child birth: ♀ Patalena ? (Pantaleon) [Bactria]

residence: Mathura, Indo Parthia

marriage: ♀ Sundari Maurya [Magadha]

between -205 and -171 title: Maghada, Yavana-raja of Maghada

between -200 and -180 title: King of Bactria

Notes

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Demetrios is attested in the 8th year of the reign of Kharavela Mahāmēghabāhana of Kaḷinga, His Majesty Kharavela attacked Rajagriha in Magadha and forced the Indo-Greek king Demetrius (described as the Yavana king ("Yavana-raja") named Dimi{ta}) to retreat to Mathura.

[edit] Sources

↑ Ptolemy, Geographia, VII 1 - Demetrius is said to have founded Taxila (archaeological excavations), and also Sagala in the Punjab, which he seemed to have called Euthydemia, after his father ("the city of Sagala, also called Euthydemia")