Euthydemia

Euthymedia or Euthydemia (Template:Langx) was the ancient city of Sagala belonging to the Bactrian Dynasty, now located in modern-day Sialkot, Pakistan.<ref name=":0" /> The British classical scholar William Woodthorpe Tarn, suggested that "Euthydemia" was never assigned as a new name for ancient Sagala, and that the name was actually Euthymedeia. The altered name was suggested to have been a 1738 alteration made by historian T Beyer.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The city was mentioned by Ptolemy in his 1st century BCE work, Geography.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>

In the 2nd century BCE, Euthydemia also known as Sagala,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> was made the capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by the buddhist King Milinda, as recorded in the Buddhist text Milinda Panha.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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