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Demetrius I of Bactria

300 BC - 180 BC

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Demetrius I Anicetus (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος Ἀνίκητος, romanized: Dēmētrios Anikētos, "Demetrius the unconquered"), also called Damaytra was a Greco-Bactrian and later Indo-Greek king (Yona in Pali language, "Yavana" in Sanskrit) (reigned c. 200–167 BC), who ruled areas from Bactria to ancient northwestern India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Demetrius I of Bactria has received more than 409,255 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Demetrius I of Bactria is the 10,716th most popular politician (down from 10,350th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 81st in 2019) and the 57th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Demetrius I of Bactria ranks 10,716 out of 19,576Before him are Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Ulisses Correia e Silva, Leonidas Pyrgos, Agron, Malamir of Bulgaria, and Matsudaira Sadanobu. After him are Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, Franz Nissl, Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Henryk Jabłoński, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, and Tamir Pardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300 BC, Demetrius I of Bactria ranks 53Before him are Hannibal Gisco, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Antipater of Tarsus, Xanthippus of Carthage, Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia, and Gaius Sulpicius Gallus. After him are Molon, Eudamidas III, Gnaeus Manlius Vulso, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives, Xerxes of Armenia, and Marcus Valerius Laevinus. Among people deceased in 180 BC, Demetrius I of Bactria ranks 7Before him are Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Empress Lü, Emperor Houshao of Han, Aristophanes of Byzantium, Diocles, and Brihadratha Maurya. After him is Lucius Valerius Flaccus.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Demetrius I of Bactria ranks 84 out of 177Before him are Al-Sijzi (945), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Gulbadan Begum (1523), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Unsuri (980), and Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849). After him are Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760), Afghan Girl (1972), Abdul Qadir (1944), Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959), Ali Hujwiri (1009), and Wazir Akbar Khan (1816).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Demetrius I of Bactria ranks 57Before him are Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811), Diodotus I (-285), Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), and Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849). After him are Abdul Qadir (1944), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Mahmud Tarzi (1865), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), and Amrullah Saleh (1972).