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Menander I

190 BC - 130 BC

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Menander I Soter (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος Σωτήρ, romanized: Ménandros Sōtḗr, lit. 'Menander the Saviour'; Pali: Milinda), sometimes called Menander the Great, was an Indo-Greek king (reigned c. 165/155 –130 BC) who administered a large territory in the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia. Menander is noted for having become a patron of Greco-Buddhism and is regarded as the greatest and most well-known of the Indo-Greek kings. Menander might have initially been a prince or king of Bactria. After conquering the Punjab, as far as Taxila and Sagala, he established an empire which stretched from the Kabul River in the west to the Ravi River in the east, and from the Swat River valley in the north to Arachosia (the Helmand Province). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Menander I is the 6,599th most popular politician (down from 4,680th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 40th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Menander I ranks 6,599 out of 19,576. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Christopher Báthory, Thomas R. Marshall, Sisowath of Cambodia, and Masahito, Prince Hitachi. After him are Demchugdongrub, Phillipe de Plessis, Charles the Child, Fusako Shigenobu, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, and Johan Nygaardsvold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 190 BC, Menander I ranks 5. Before him are Hipparchus, Julia, Lucius Mummius Achaicus, and Seleucus of Seleucia. After him are Alexander II Zabinas, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Phraates I, Orodes I of Parthia, and Hypsicles. Among people deceased in 130 BC, Menander I ranks 2. Before him is Pacuvius. After him are Servius Sulpicius Galba, Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, and Ptolemaeus of Commagene.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Menander I ranks 59 out of 177. Before him are Mirwais Hotak (1673), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (1413), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), and Sher Ali Khan (1825). After him are Bairam Khan (1501), Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006), Saman Khuda (701), Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850), Ibn Hibban (883), and Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Menander I ranks 42. Before him are Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769), Mirwais Hotak (1673), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), and Sher Ali Khan (1825). After him are Bairam Khan (1501), Saman Khuda (701), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Zaman Shah Durrani (1770), Inayatullah Khan (1888), and Ayub Khan (1857).

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