Apollodotus I

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Apollodotus I was an early and influential Indo-Greek king who expanded Hellenistic rule into northwestern India and is known for his bilingual coinage and role in fostering Greco-Indian cultural exchange.

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Apollodotus I canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic ruler ⓘ
Indo-Greek king ⓘ
associatedWith Greco-Bactrian Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Taxila NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinageFeature Greek legends ⓘ
Kharosthi legends ⓘ
bull imagery ⓘ
depictions of Greek deities ⓘ
elephant imagery ⓘ
coinMetal bronze ⓘ
silver ⓘ
country Indo-Greek Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Greco-Indian ⓘ
Hellenistic ⓘ
dynasty Indo-Greek dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
epithet Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra 2nd century BCE ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later Indo-Greek rulers ⓘ
knownFrom coin hoards in India ⓘ
numismatic evidence ⓘ
languageOfInscription Greek ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
notableFor Greco-Indian cultural exchange ⓘ
bilingual coinage ⓘ
early Indo-Greek presence in India ⓘ
expansion of Hellenistic rule into northwestern India ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
positionHeld King of the Indo-Greek Kingdom ⓘ
precededBy Demetrius I of Bactria NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled Bactria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjab region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ
reignEnd circa 160 BCE ⓘ
reignStart circa 180 BCE ⓘ
religion Hellenistic polytheism ⓘ
roleInHistory mediator of cultural exchange between Greeks and Indians ⓘ
pioneer of Greek rule in India ⓘ
succeededBy Antimachus II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Menander I NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialExpansion from Bactria into northwestern India ⓘ
translatedTitleOnCoins Tratarasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTitle Basileus Apollodotos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystemUsedOnCoins Greek alphabet ⓘ
Kharosthi script NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Indo-Greek Kingdoms → notableRuler → Apollodotus I ⓘ