Editing Strato II (section)

==Rule==
[[File:Strato II Soter Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Monolingual coin of Strato II Soter in [[Prakrit]] only. '''Obv.''' [[Apollo]] standing right, with quiver on back, holding arrow; thick [[bead-and-reel]] border. '''Obv.''' [[Diadem]] with [[Kharoshthi]] legend "Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa" (Saviour King Strato).]]
Strato II ruled in the eastern [[Punjab region|Punjab]], probably retaining the capital of [[Sagala]] (modern [[Sialkot]], [[Pakistan]]), or possibly to the city of Bucephala (Plutarch, p.&nbsp;48 n. 5).
[[File:Strato II East Punjab territory with capital in Sagala.jpg|left|thumb|Approximate region of [[East Punjab]] and Strato II's capital [[Sagala]].]]
His territory was invaded by [[Rajuvula]], [[Indo-Scythian]] king of [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]], and he became the last of the Indo-Greek kings, together with his son<ref>R.C. Senior, ''Indo-Scythian coins and history. Volume IV''. The Greek legend clearly implies that the two kings were father and son, and Senior dismisses the older reading "grandson" on the Kharosthi legend.</ref> [[Strato III]] ''"Philopator"'' ("the father-loving"), who was included as joint regent on some of his coins and also issued coins on his own.

A few silver coins with a different portrait and the inscription '''Strato Soter ''Dikaios''''' ("the just") may also belong to Strato III as sole ruler, or to a fourth king named Strato.<ref>Senior, ibid.</ref>{{refn|group=n|Given that the coins of Strato I have lately been attributed to two different kings, there may actually have been as many as five kings named Strato.}}

Just like the earlier king Strato I, the last Stratos are thought to belong to the dynasty of [[Menander I]], who also used the epithet Soter and the symbol of standing [[Pallas Athena]].