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Menander
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -Menander was King of the Indo-Greek Kingdom. He embraced Buddhism under the patronage of Nagasena and was known by the name Milinda. It is described in Milinda Panha which is a Pali Buddhist text.
Detailed explanation-4: -165/155 –130 BC) who administered a large territory in the Northwestern regions of the Indian Subcontinent from his capital at Sagala. Menander is noted for having become a patron and convert to Greco-Buddhism and he is widely regarded as the greatest of the Indo-Greek kings.