Demetrius I's invasion of India

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Demetrius I Anicetus, also called Dimetriya in Indian sources, was a Greco-Bactrian king and the founder of the Indo-Greek kingdom, who ruled areas from Bactria to ancient northwestern India. He was the son of the Greco-Bactrian ruler Euthydemus I and succeeded him around 200 BC, after which he conquered extensive areas in what is now southern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India.

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invasion, Maurya empire, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Shunga Empire

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