Question
Describe Minender's achievements.

Answer

Demetrius was succeeded by about $30$ of his descendants on the northwestern frontier of India.
 
They were all known as "Indian Greeks".
Minender was the most influential of the Indian Greek rulers of the Euthydemus dynasty.
He ruled from $115\ BC$ to $90\ BC.$
Minender was born in Kalsi, a village near Kabul.
Its capital was Sakal.
His kingdom covered Central Afghanistan, Northwest Frontier Province, Punjab, Sindh, Rajputana, Saurashtra etc.
He was a good administrator and a just ruler.
Plenty of coins of this king have been found from Kabul, Punjab, Sindh, Rajputana and Saurashtra.
From that it is assumed that these regions will be ruled by Minender.
He converted to Buddhism under the influence of the Buddhist monk Nagsen.
He asked Nagsen many questions about Buddhism. These questions and the answers given to Nagse are collected in a Pali language book called "Milindpanho".
Minender propagated Buddhism not only in the regions of Northwest India but also in the regions of West Asia.
Minender's name is engraved on the relics of Buddhism found in Kabul and the Swat Valley.
These relics confirm that Minender became a Buddhist monk in his later life.
Thus, however, he maintained the policy of tolerance of Indian religion.
Minender was popular among his people.
The people worshiped him as God. He was a strict Buddhist, philosopher, just, compassionate and tolerant monarch.

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