INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The most famous Indo-Greek ruler of India, famous for his sense of Justice and dialogues with a Buddhist monk Nagasena (as described in the Buddhist work Milinda Panho) was
A
Demetrius
B
Menander
C
Eukratises
D
Heliocles
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Milinda Pañha ( lit. ‘Questions of Milinda’) is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD. It purports to record a dialogue between the Indian Buddhist sage Nāgasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek king Menander I (Pali: Milinda) of Bactria, in Sagala, present-day Sialkot.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Menander. Menander I Soter was also known as Minedra, Minadra, or Milinda.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Menander. The most famous Indo-Greek ruler to rule over India noted for his justice and popularity with his subjects was Menander. Menander was an Indo-Greek king who was converted to Buddhism by the Nagasena. Menander was also known as Minadra or Milinda in various Pali texts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Apollodotus I (180–160 BC) the first king who ruled in the subcontinent only, and therefore the founder of the proper Indo-Greek kingdom.

Detailed explanation-5: -Milinda-panha, (Pali: “Questions of Milinda”) lively dialogue on Buddhist doctrine with questions and dilemmas posed by King Milinda-i.e., Menander, Greek ruler of a large Indo-Greek empire in the late 2nd century bce-and answered by Nagasena, a senior monk.

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