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| caption =Portrait of Epander.<br />
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[[File:Epander round bilingual.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|<small>Coin of Epander.</small> Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ "Of the Victorious King Epander".]]<br />
[[File:Epander.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ "Of the Victorious King Epander".]]<br />
[[File:Epander square bilingual.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Indian-standard coin of Epander. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ "Of the Victorious King Epander".]]<br />
'''Epander''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Ἔπανδρος}}) was one of the [[Indo-Greek]] kings. He may have been a relative of [[Menander I]], and the findplaces of his coins seem to indicate that he ruled in the area of [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<br />
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==Time of reign==<br />
Bopearachchi dates Epander to c. 95–90 BC and R. C. Senior to c. 80 BC. The scarcity of his coins indicate that his reign was short and/or his territory limited.<br />
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==Coins of Epander==<br />
Epander's silver drachms portray the king in [[diadem]] with a reverse of [[Athena]] fighting which was the type of Menander I. Epander probably claimed ancestry from this important king, but his epithet ''Nikephoros'' (Victorious) was unique to kings using this reverse: their title was usually ''Soter'' (Saviour). He struck no Attic (monolingual) coins.<br />
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==Overstrikes==<br />
Epander overstruck coins of [[Strato I]] and [[King Philoxenus|Philoxenus]].<br />
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{{Indo-Greek kings}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Seleucid Empire]]<br />
* [[Greco-Buddhism]]<br />
* [[Indo-Scythians]]<br />
* [[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]<br />
* [[Kushan Empire]]<br />
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==References==<br />
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Epander&Thumb=1 Coins of Epander]<br />
*[https://www.academia.edu/36455902/LE_ROI_EPANDRE_LE_VICTORIEUX_DU_PENDJAB Le Roi Epandre le Victorieux]<br />
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{{s-bef|before=[[Philoxenus Anicetus|Philoxenus]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl|title=[[Indo-Greek Kingdom|Indo-Greek]] ruler in [[Punjab region|Punjab]]|years=95–90 BCE}}<br />
{{s-aft|after=[[Apollodotus II]]}}<br />
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