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Peucolaus Soter Dikaios was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the area of Gandhara
Gandhara

Gandhara is the name of an ancient kingdom , located in northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhara was located mainly in the vale of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau and on the Kabul River....
 c. 90 BCE. His reign was probably short and insignificant, since he left only a few coins, but the relations of the latter Indo-Greek kings remain largely obscure.

His name could be interpreted as "The man from Pushkalavati
Pushkalavati

Pushkalavati is an ancient site situated in Peshawar valley in the NWFP of Pakistan. It is located on the banks of Swat River, near its junction with Kabul River, now it is known as Charsadda....
", an important Indo-Greek city east of Kabul
Kabul

Kabul is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately three million. It is an economic and cultural centre, situated 5,900 foot above sea level in a narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains along the Kabul River....
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olaos struck rare Indian standard silver coins with portrait in diadem, and a reverse of a standing Zeus, which resemble the reverse of contemporary kings Heliokles II
Heliokles II

Heliocles II Dikaios "the Righteous or the follower of Dharma" is thought to have been one of the later Indo-Greek kings and a relative of the Bactrian king Heliocles I....
 and Archebios
Archebios

Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros "The Fair/Follower of the Dharma and Victorious" was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the area of Taxila. Osmund Bopearachchi dates him to circa 90-80 BCE, and R C Senior to about the same period....
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Peucolaus Soter Dikaios was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the area of Gandhara
Gandhara

Gandhara is the name of an ancient kingdom , located in northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhara was located mainly in the vale of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau and on the Kabul River....
 c. 90 BCE. His reign was probably short and insignificant, since he left only a few coins, but the relations of the latter Indo-Greek kings remain largely obscure.

His name could be interpreted as "The man from Pushkalavati
Pushkalavati

Pushkalavati is an ancient site situated in Peshawar valley in the NWFP of Pakistan. It is located on the banks of Swat River, near its junction with Kabul River, now it is known as Charsadda....
", an important Indo-Greek city east of Kabul
Kabul

Kabul is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of approximately three million. It is an economic and cultural centre, situated 5,900 foot above sea level in a narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains along the Kabul River....
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Coins of Peucolaos

Peucolaos struck rare Indian standard silver coins with portrait in diadem, and a reverse of a standing Zeus, which resemble the reverse of contemporary kings Heliokles II
Heliokles II

Heliocles II Dikaios "the Righteous or the follower of Dharma" is thought to have been one of the later Indo-Greek kings and a relative of the Bactrian king Heliocles I....
 and Archebios
Archebios

Archebius Dikaios Nikephoros "The Fair/Follower of the Dharma and Victorious" was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in the area of Taxila. Osmund Bopearachchi dates him to circa 90-80 BCE, and R C Senior to about the same period....
. The latter has overstruck two coins of Peucolaos.

He also issued bilingual bronzes with Artemis
Artemis

In Greek mythology, Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, child birth/virginity/fertility, the hunt and was often depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.....
 and a crowned woman with a palm branch, perhaps a city-goddess or a personification of Tyche
Tyche

In Ancient Greek religion, Tyche was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. Increasingly during the Hellenistic period, cities had their own specific iconic version of Tyche, wearing a mural crown ....
, the deity for good luck.




Preceded by:
Amyntas Nikator		 Indo-Greek Ruler
(Arachosia
Arachosia

Arachosia or Arachotae is the latinized form of Greek language name of an Achaemenid Empire and Seleucid Empire governorate in the eastern part of their respective empires, and that was inhabited by the Iranian peoples Arachosians or Arachoti ....
, Gandhara
Gandhara

Gandhara is the name of an ancient kingdom , located in northern Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhara was located mainly in the vale of Peshawar, the Potohar plateau and on the Kabul River....
)
(c. 90 BCE)		 Succeeded by:
Menander II
Menander II

Menander II "The Just" was an Indo-Greek King who ruled in the areas of Arachosia and Gandhara in the north of modern Pakistan....


See also

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    Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

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  • Greco-Buddhism
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  • Indo-Scythians
    Indo-Scythians

    The Indo-Scythians are a branch of the Iranians Sakas , who migrated from southern Siberia into Bactria, Sogdiana, Arachosia, Gandhara, Kashmir, Punjab region, and into parts of Western and Central India, Gujarat and Rajasthan, from the middle of the 2nd century BCE to the 4th century Common Era....
  • Indo-Parthian Kingdom
    Indo-Parthian Kingdom

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  • Kushan Empire
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