"Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques", by Osmund Bopearachchi, 1991.

Osmund Bopearachchi is an historian and numismat who has been specializing in the coinage of the Indo-Greek and Greco-Bactrian kingdoms. This article needs cleanup. ... Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 BCE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek... Approximate extent of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom circa 220 BCE. The Greco-Bactrians were a dynasty of Greek kings who controlled Bactria and Sogdiana, an area comprising todays northern Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, the easternmost area of the Hellenistic world, from 250 to 125 BCE. Their expansion...

Originally from Sri Lanka, he finished his studies in France. In 1983 he joined a team of the CNRS at the Ecole Normale Supérieure to further his studies. In 1989, he became Research Specialist ("Chargé de Recherche") at CNRS. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala / இலங்கை in Tamil) (known as Ceylon before 1972) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) is one of the most prominent scientific research institutions in France. ... The quadrangle at the main ENS building on rue dUlm is known as the Cour aux Ernests – the Ernests being the goldfish in the pond. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1991, Osmund Bopearachchi published an extensive work on Indo-Greek and Greco-Bactrian coinage, "Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques, Catalogue Raisonné" (400 pages), which became the reference in its field. His conclusions are based on extensive numismatic analysis (find places, overstrikes, monograms, metallurgy, styles), Classical writings, and Indian writings and epigraphic evidence. The book received the "Prix Mendel" (Mendel prize) for Historical Research in 1992. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ... The word classical has several meanings: Pertaining to the societies of the classical antiquity, ancient Greece or Rome. ... Indian or Indians can refer to: Anything from or related to the country of India, including: The people of India, sometimes called Asian Indians to differentiate from American Indians The many languages of India The Indian subcontinent or the adjoining Indian Ocean Native Americans, the aboriginal people of the Americas... Mendel is the last name of Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), often called the father of Genetics. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• "Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques, Catalogue Raisonné" (in French), by Osmund Bopearachchi, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1991, ISBN 2717718257