736 Lassen on the History traced [No. 104, 



clue not wholly authentic^ these kingdoms must have originated 

 after Demetrius ; for supposing Demetrius king of Arachosia^ 

 and that he was here called king of the Indians also^ Justin could 

 not separate Arachosia from India in speaking of a time when 

 both countries still obeyed Demetrius. I therefore suspect^ that 

 immediately after the overthrow of this king, Eukratides took 

 possession of Demetrios^ Indian dominions, while Arachosia 

 and Drangiana, likewise subject to Demetrios, became indepen- 

 dent states under their own Satraps. On this supposition the 

 wars by which Bactria was so much disorganized as to faU an 

 easy prey to the Parthians, would have been carried on by the 

 son of Eukratides against the attacks of the united Drangians, 

 Arachosians, Indians, and Sogdians. 



Under this view the aspect of Bactrian history is so much 

 changed, that I shall directly mention some facts corroborative 

 of the above. 



First. We know, that Eukratides after having conquered 

 Demetrios, turned* his arms against the Indus and Hydaspes, 

 probably therefore, against countries belonging either to Deme- 

 trios himself, or to a king allied to him. 



Secondly. Two kings laid claim to having reigned immediately 

 after Eukratides, though not in Bactria itself, viz. Antialkides 

 in western Cabul, and Antimachos in Drangiana -, this latter 

 on the authority of the coins, which point to a victory at sea. 



• Strabo XV. § 3. AttoXXo^w/ooc -yovv o tcl TiapQiKa 7roir\(Taq, 

 /j,eiJivr}fiivog Kai tCov rriv ^aKTpiavrjv aTro(JTT}(javTii)v EXXrjvwv 

 irapa twv ^vpiaKUJv jSacrtXfwv rwv aVo SeXcv/cou rov Nikclto- 

 pog, (j>ri(TL jmlv avrovg av^riOivTag iiriOEdOai Kal ry Iv^iKy, 

 ovSev ^e TrpoaavaKaXviTTei t'ov irpoTepov kyvojafikvoyv, aXXa 

 Kal fvavTioXo-ya, TrXctw r?ic 'IvSi/crjc, kKuvovc, rj Ma/ce^ovac, 

 KaTacTTpexljaQOaL Xfywv. EiVKparidav yovv noXeig -^iXiag v(j>' 

 iavTw £\£tv, EKsivovg S' avra Tap, era^v eOvrj tovte Y^affirov Kai 

 Tov Ynaviog, tov dpiOpov svvca, ttoXeic rd a'^uv irevraKigyi- 

 XiaQf K, T. X. 'This cannot be but a contradiction of Apollodoros him- 

 self. Groskurd'a Erdbeschr. Strabo III. 109. 



