Editing Menander I (section)

===Theories of Menander's successors===
Menander was the last Indo-Greek king mentioned by ancient historians, and developments after his death are therefore difficult to trace.

'''a)''' The traditional view, supported by W.W. Tarn and Bopearachchi, is that Menander was succeeded by his queen Agathoclea, who acted as regent to their infant son [[Strato I]] until he became an adult and took over the crown. Strato I used the same reverse as Menander I, Athena hurling a thunderbolt, and also the title Soter.

According to this scenario, Agathoclea and Strato I only managed to maintain themselves in the eastern parts of the kingdom, Punjab, and at times [[Gandhara]]. [[Paropamisadae]] and [[Pushkalavati]] were taken over by [[Zoilos I]], perhaps because some of Agathokleia's subjects may have been reluctant to accept an infant king with a queen regent.

'''b)''' On the other hand, R.C. Senior and other numismatics such as David Bivar have suggested that Strato I ruled several decades after Menander: they point out that Strato's and Agathoclea's monograms are usually different from Menander's, and overstrikes and hoard findings also associate them with later kings.

In this scenario, Menander was briefly succeeded by his son [[Thrason]], of whom a single coin is known. After Thrason was murdered, competing kings such as [[Zoilos I]] or [[King Lysias|Lysias]] may have taken over Menander's kingdom. Menander's dynasty was thus dethroned and did not return to power until later, though his relative [[King Niciuas|Nicias]] may have ruled a small principality in the Kabul valley.

For the family tree that illustrates these relationships, see Family tree of the Indo-Greek kings (see the  Menanderid dynasty).