Apollodotus I

Apollodotus I
Portrait of Apollodotus as shown on his coins
Indo-Greek king
Reign180–160 BC or between 174–165 BC
PredecessorAgathocles of Bactria
SuccessorDemetrius II of India
BornBactria in Central Asia
Diedca. 163–162 BC
Ohind near Taxila, India (modern day Pakistan)
DynastyDiodotid or Eucratid

Apollodotus I (Greek: Ἀπολλόδοτος Α΄ ὁ Σωτήρ, Apollódotos ho Sōtḗr, "Apollodotus the Saviour"), known in Indian sources as Apaladata, was an Indo-Greek king from 180 BC to 160 BC, or between 174 and 165 BC (first dating by Osmund Bopearachchi and R. C. Senior, second dating by Boperachchi) who ruled the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from Taxila in the Punjab region to the areas of Sindh and possibly Gujarat.

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