King Dionysios

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Square copper coin of king Dyonisios (r.c. 65 - 55 BCE).
Obv: Bust of king Dionysios, diademed. Greek legend: BASILEO SOTIROS DIONYSIOU "Saviour King Dionysios".
Rev: Athena holding a thunderbolt. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATARASA DIYANISIYASA "Saviour King Dionysios".

[edit] Osmund Bopearachchi

Bopearachchi's Dionysios (reigned circa 65 - 55 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern Punjab in modern Pakistan. Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining coins.

He was one of the last Indo-Greek kings, and probably fought against the invasions of the Indo-Scythians.

[edit] Prof. Ahmad Hasan Dani

Professor Dani dates Dionysius much earlier then Sir Tarn, between the years 115 and 100 BCE, making him the ruler of the Swat and Dir Valleys and the weak successor of Polyxenos.

[edit] Dr. A.K. Narain

Dr. Narain, like Professor Dani, also dates Dionysios much earlier then Tarn; between 95-80 BCE, presenting him as an unrelated contemporary of some of the unrelated successors of Menander and his immediate heir.

[edit] See also

• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
• Seleucid Empire
• Greco-Buddhism
• Indo-Scythians
• Indo-Parthian Kingdom
• Kushan Empire

[edit] References

• "Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques", Osmund Bopearachchi, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
• "The Bactrian and Indus-Greeks", Prof. Ahmed Hasan Dani, Lahore Museum.
• "The Indo-Greeks Revisited and Supplemented", Dr. A.K. Narain, BR Publishing Corporation.