Editing Menander I (section)

===Other Indian accounts===
[[File:Bharhut_Yavana.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Bharhut Yavana]]. Indian relief of a figure with the flowing head band of a Greek king, northern tunic with Hellenistic [[pleat]]s, and Buddhist [[triratana]] symbol on his sword. [[Bharhut]], 2nd century BC. [[Indian Museum]], [[Calcutta]].]]
* A 2nd century BC relief from a Buddhist [[stupa]] in [[Bharhut]], in eastern [[Madhya Pradesh]] (today at the [[Indian Museum]] in [[Calcutta]]), the [[Bharhut Yavana]], represents a foreign soldier with the curly hair of a Greek and the royal headband with flowing ends of a Greek king, and maybe a depiction of Menander. In his right hand, he holds a branch of [[ivy]], a symbol of [[Dionysos]]. Also, parts of his dress, with rows of geometrical folds, are characteristically Hellenistic in style. On his sword appears the Buddhist symbol of the three jewels, or [[Triratana]].
* A Buddhist reliquary found in Bajaur, the [[Shinkot casket]], bears a dedicatory inscription referring to "the 14th day of the month of Kārttika" of a certain year in the reign of "Mahārāja Minadra" ("Great King Menander"):
{{Verse translation|Minadrasa maharajasa Katiassa divasa 4 4 4 11 pra[na]-[sa]me[da]... (prati)[thavi]ta pranasame[da]... Sakamunisa
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On the 14th day of Kārttika, in the reign of Mahārāja Minadra, (in the year ...), (the corporeal relic) of [[Sakyamuni]], which is endowed with life... has been established<ref>{{harvnb|Bopearachchi|1991|page=19}}, quoting the analysis of N.G. Majumdar, D.C. Sicar, S.Konow</ref>}}
* According to an ancient Sri Lankan source, the [[Mahavamsa]], Greek monks seem to have been active proselytizers of Buddhism during the time of Menander: the [[Yona]] (Greek) [[Mahadharmaraksita|Mahadhammarakkhita]] ({{langx|sa|Mahadharmaraksita}}) is said to have come from "Alasandra" (thought to be [[Alexandria of the Caucasus]], the city founded by [[Alexander the Great]], near today’s [[Kabul]]) with 30,000 monks for the foundation ceremony of the Maha Thupa ("Great [[stupa]]") at [[Anuradhapura]] in [[Sri Lanka]], during the 2nd century BC:

{{quote|From Alasanda the city of the [[Yona]]s came the Thera ("Elder") Yona Mahadhammarakkhita with thirty thousand [[bhikkhu]]s.|[[Mahavamsa]], 29<ref>Chapter 29 of the [[Mahavamsa]]: [http://lakdiva.org/mahavamsa/chap029.html Text]</ref>}}