Antialcidas

Antialkidas Nicephorus was an Indo - Greek king who is known from his coins and an inscription. His reign is tentatively scheduled to begin at 115-95 BC. He seems to have been one of the more significant recent Greek Indian rulers, who still ruled a larger area and longer time on the throne remained. After his death his dominion disintegrated into smaller kingdoms.

The localities of his coins suggest that his empire stretched from the Hindu Kush to the Jhelum. Taxila probably belonged to his domain. His numerous coins show his profile - sometimes with king binding - on the front and Greek legends. Often appears on the back of the seated Zeus or Zeus with an elephant with inscriptions in Kharoshthi. A silver series also bears on the back of Greek legends and described him as the Victorious. Other coins show on the front of the head of Zeus and on the back of two helmets of the Dioscuri with palm branches in between. Again, inscriptions found in Kharoshthi.

A single coin caused some confusion. Shows Antialcidas on one side and on the other side Lysias. This was first seen as evidence of a coregency or an alliance between the two rulers. Recent research is careful and sees it more as an overprint.

Heliodorus pillar

Noteworthy is the inscription on the so-called Heliodorus column that mentions an embassy of the ruler, under the direction of a certain Heliodorus to the Shunga rulers Bhagabhadra ( = Bhagavata? ).