Apollodotus I

Tags: Monarch.

Apollodotus I Soter (Greek: Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ; the epithet means the Saviour; Sanskrit: महरजस अपलदतस त्रतरस maharajasa apaladatasa tratarasa) was an Indo-Greek king between 180 BCE and 160 BCE or between 174 and 165 BCE (first dating Osmund Bopearachchi and R. C. Senior second dating Boperachchi) who ruled the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom from Taxila in Punjab to the areas of Sindh and possibly Gujarat.

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active years end year

0180-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

active years start year

0180-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

birth place

Central Asia, Bactria

death place

Pakistan, Taxila

parent

Eucratides I

predecessor

Agathocles of Bactria

successor

Demetrius II of India

title

Indo-Greek king, (Founder of the Indo-Greek kingdom)