Menander I Soter

Daedala: The Ancient City Founded by Greeks from Crete in Pakistan

Long ago, a substantial ancient Greek population from the island of Crete lived in the ancient city of Daedala, located in south Asia. Located in a strategically and geopolitically important region, in the modern nation-state of Pakistan on the border...

The Story of the Ancient Greek King of India Who Embraced Buddhism

The original Milindapañha or The Questions of Milinda (100 BC and 200 AD), now lost, was probably written in Sanskrit or Prakrit in Northern India. It was preserved in Ceylon and later translated into Pāli. The text recounts the Socratic-like dialogue between...