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c. 200 BCE - c. 185 BCE
Demetrios is general for his father and then becomes king, greatly extending the kingdom in India.
c. 200 BCE - c. 100 BCE
Scythians tribes migrate into Bactria, Sogdiana and Arachosia.
c. 190 BCE
First appearance of multiple Euthydemid kings at the same time. Beginning of the Indo-Greek kingdoms.
171 BCE
In odrer to show the break of dynasty, Eucratides begin a new Yona (or Greek) era.
c. 165 BCE
The Greco-Bactrian king Eucratides invades India.
c. 155 BCE
Euthydemid Menander succeeds to push back Eucratides westward of Hindu-Kush.
c. 130 BCE
Eucratids flee from Bactria to India. Rivalry between Eucratids and Euthydemids takes place in the Indo-Greek kingdoms.
c. 110 BCE
Arachosia lost to the first Indo-Saka kingdom.
80 BCE
The Indo-Saka king Maues invades the Indo-Greek kingdoms. Resistance organized by both dynasties in the person of Amyntas.
c. 80 BCE
Alliance between Euthydemids and Eucratids against the Indo-Sakas, under the rule of Amyntas.
c. 70 BCE
Fall of Maues kingdom. Indo-Greeks conquer back their lost possessions.
c. 70 BCE - c. 10 BCE
Last Indo-Greek kings, probably Euthydemid ones.
c. 55 BCE - c. 50 BCE
Gandhara and Western Punjab lost to Indo-Saka kings.
c. 10 BCE
Fall of the last Indo-Greek king, Strato II, defeated by the Indo-Saka king Rajuvula.