764 Lassen on the History traced, [No. 104. 



me a certain or a probable result. The field of conjecture is 

 already too richly cultivated^ for me to add arbitrarily to what 

 has been done therein. In conclusion, I shall sum up in a table 

 the historic results of my investigation. I need hardly tell the 

 reader, that although in the table the facts are placed together 

 with apparent claim to equal authenticity, they occupy in the 

 book itself, and in reality, all the different places which on a 

 large scale are intermediate between certainty and conjecture in 

 its various degrees, according to individual views. 

 Separation of Bactria from Syria under, 



Theodotos I. soon before 256 b. c. 



Theodotos II. his son and successor, 



Euthydemos expels the family of Theodotos, and 

 himself ascends the throne of Bactria 



before, 209 



Concludes peace with Antiochus the 

 Great, 205, makes conquests in Ariana 



and India after 200 



Agathokles founds an empire in eastern Cabul, about 190 

 Demetrios succeeds his father in Bactria, about . . 185 

 Eukratides takes possession of Bactria. Demetrios 



maintains himself in Arachosia, . . 175 



Pantaleon succeeds Agathokles, 170 



Eukratides dethrones Demetrios, and conquers the 



Indian empire of Pantaleon, about . . 165 

 the inquiry into the nature of the topes, from the examination of the 

 coins, and postponed it to another time ; I maintained at the same place, 

 that as yet no Buddhist coins had been discovered in the topes. Mr. Ritter 

 on the contrary states, that they are met with (p. 207). But he erroneously 

 says, that Mr. Prinsep has recognised among the coins from Manikyala 

 some Buddhist ; in the passages quoted he certainly mentions nothing 

 of this kind. Then continues Mr. Ritter (p. 238) " As we now possess 

 ascertained chronological determinations of the Buddhist religion in the Mo- 

 kadphise's, Kanerki's, and Azes' coins." The four Buddhist coins alluded 

 to by Mr. Ritter, occur As. T. III. pi. XXII. No. 28. till No. 32. They 

 are coins of the Kanerki dynasty, therefore Mithra gods on Buddhist 

 coins? Then III. pi. XXVI. No. 2, No. 3, IV.pl. XXII. No. 12, No. 13, or 

 with him plate VIII. No. 2 — 4. Therefore Siva on the obverse, while 

 Azes is represented as Buddha seated on the reverse ? If Mr. Ritter does 

 not know any other coins out of the topes which escaped my knowledge, 

 I shall not be necessitated to give up my previous assertion, which 

 was here my only purpose to vindicate. 



