coin of yaudheyas.
coin of philoxenus, unarmed, making blessing gesture right hand.
the indo-greeks may have ruled far area of mathura until sometime in 1st century bce: maghera inscription, village near mathura, records dedication of in 1 hundred , sixteenth year of reign of yavanas , late 70 bce. indian kings recovered area of mathura , south-eastern punjab, west of yamuna river, , started mint own coins. arjunayanas (area of mathura) , yaudheyas mention military victories on coins ( victory of arjunayanas , victory of yaudheyas ). during 1st century bce, trigartas, audumbaras , kunindas (closest punjab) started mint own coins, in style highly reminiscent of indo-greek coinage.
the western king philoxenus briefly occupied of remaining greek territory paropamisadae western punjab c. 100 bce, after territories fragmented again. following decades saw fierce internal fighting between several kings, such heliokles ii, strato , hermaeus, contributed downfall in manner perhaps reminiscent of how seleucid , ptolemaic states torn apart dynastic wars @ same period.
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