The Mauryan king Bindusara was called 'Amitrochates' (from 'Amitraghata', slayer of enemies) by:

Greek writers called Bindusara "Amitrochates", which is believed to be the Greek form of the Sanskrit title "Amitraghata" ("slayer of enemies").

About Bindusara:

• He was the son of Chandragupta Maurya and the father of Ashoka.
• He ruled from about 297 BCE to 273 BCE.
• Other names: "Amitraghata" or "Amitrakhada" ("devourer of enemies"), and "Simhasena" in some sources.
• He continued his father's policy of expansion and is believed to have extended the empire into the Deccan, up to Karnataka.
• The Tibetan historian Taranatha says that Bindusara conquered the land between "the two seas" (the eastern and western seas), and destroyed the kings and nobles of sixteen cities.
• He faced a revolt at Taxila, which was suppressed by his son.

Relations with the Greeks:

• He maintained friendly relations with the Greek (Hellenistic) kingdoms of West Asia.
• The Seleucid king Antiochus I sent an ambassador named Deimachus to his court.
• The Ptolemaic king of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, is said to have sent an ambassador named Dionysius.

According to the Greek writer Athenaeus, Bindusara asked Antiochus I to send him sweet wine, dried figs and a sophist (philosopher); Antiochus sent the wine and figs but said that Greek law did not permit the sale of a philosopher.

His religious beliefs:

According to Buddhist sources, Bindusara was a follower of the Ajivika sect, and an Ajivika ascetic predicted Ashoka's greatness.

Greek names for Indian rulers:

• "Sandrocottus" or "Sandrokottos": Chandragupta Maurya.
• "Amitrochates": Bindusara.
• "Porus": Puru.
• "Omphis": Ambhi.

Why not the other options?

• ✗The Chinese, Persians and Sri Lankan chronicles did not use this name.