Explanation:

• Menander (c.165/145–130 BCE) was the best known of the Indo-Greek kings. He is said to have ruled a large kingdom in the north-west of the country.
• His coins have been found over an extensive area ranging from the valleys of the Kabul and Indus rivers to as far as western Uttar Pradesh.
• This gives a good indication of the extent of his kingdom. Though he does not look like a great and heroic conqueror as seen in his coins, he is said to have raided the Gangetic region along with the kings of Panchala and Mathura.
• King Kharavela of Kalinga mentioned in the Hathigumpa inscription, was not able to stop him.
• Menander successfully attacked Pataliputra, but retreated without consolidating his conquest.
• Interestingly, in his coins, he is described as “king” and “soter” or saviour, and not as a great conqueror Menander is mainly remembered as the eponymous hero of the Buddhist text, Milinda-pinha (questions of Milinda), in which he is engaged in a question-and-answer discussion on Buddhism with the teacher Nagasena.
• He is believed to have become a Buddhist and promoted Buddhism.

Source: Tamil Nadu State Board Class 11