Apollodotus I
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) who ruled the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from Taxila in Punjab to the areas of Sindh and possibly Gujarat.
| Apollodotus I | |
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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 |
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