Menander I Soter (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ Ménandros A’ ho Sōtḗr Menander I the Saviour; known in Indian Pali sources as Milinda) was a Greek of the Indo-Greek kingdom (165//155 BC-130 BC) who established a large empire in the South Asia and became a patron of Buddhism.Menander was born in the Caucasus and was initially a king of Bactria.
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