Back ابولودوت الاول ARZ Аполодот I Bulgarian প্রথম আপোল্লোদোতোস Bengali/Bangla Apol·lòdot I Catalan Apollodotos I. German Απολλόδοτος Α΄ της Ινδίας Greek Apolodoto I Spanish Apollodote Ier French Apollodoto I Italian Apollodotos I Polish
| Apollodotus I | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Apollodotus extracted from the coins | |
| Indo-Greek king | |
| Reign | 180–160 BC or between 174–165 BC |
| Predecessor | Agathocles of Bactria |
| Successor | Demetrius II of India |
| Born | Bactria in Central Asia |
| Died | ca. 163–62 BC Ohind near Taxila, India (modern day Pakistan) |
| Dynasty | Diodotid or Eucratidid |
Apollodotus I (Greek: Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ) Prakrit in the Kharoshti script: maharajasa apaladatasa tratarasa) was an Indo-Greek king between 180 BC and 160 BC or between 174 and 165 BC (first dating Osmund Bopearachchi and R. C. Senior, second dating Boperachchi[1]) who ruled the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from Taxila in Punjab to the areas of Sindh and possibly Gujarat.[2]
- ^ Bopearachchi (1998) and (1991), respectively. Bopearachchi kept the earlier dating was as an alternative in SNG9, a later, though less comprehensive work.
- ^ The 1st century AD Periplus of the Erythraean Sea describes numerous Greek buildings and fortifications in Barigaza, although mistakenly attributing them to Alexander (who never went this far south), and the circulation of Indo-Greek coinage in the region:
- "The metropolis of this country is Minnagara, from which much cotton cloth is brought down to Barygaza. In these places there remain even to the present time signs of the expedition of Alexander, such as ancient shrines, walls of forts and great wells." Periplus, Chap. 41
- "To the present day ancient Drachmae are current in Barygaza, coming from this country, bearing inscriptions in Greek letters, and the devices of those who reigned after Alexander the Great, Apollodotus I and Menander." Periplus Chap. 47 Periplus