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... Antioch (Antiochus II Theos), that of Ptolemy, King of Egypt (Ptolemy II Philadelphus), that of Magas, King of Cyrene, brother of Ptolemy, that of Antigonus (Gonatas) of Macedonia, lastly, that of Alexander (either Alexander of Epirus or Alexander of Corinth). To reach Antioch, Alexandria, Cyrene, Macedonia, Epirus or Corinth from India, it would be necessary to pass by Palmyra, and the mention of this... who reigned in the period after Alexander's immediate successors. They were Anti-ochus II Theos of Syria and Western Asia, Ptolemy II Phi-ladelphus of Egypt, Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia, Magas of Cyrene and Alexander of Epirus or else his namesake of Corinth. The reign-period of these kings were 261-246 B.C., 285-247 B.C., 278-239 B.C., 300-258 (or 250) B.C. and 275-255 B.C. or, if Alexander... even here. And in a still earlier age we can put our finger on nothing appreciable, however subtly, when the grand phrases of the Edicts would lead us to expect a great deal, at least in Syria, Egypt, Cyrene, Macedonia and Epirus. Could it not then be that Aśoka was totally unconnected with Ptolemy or any Greek king of the 3rd century B.C. but dealt only with non-Greek rājas and their countries ...

... were four rājas who are not labelled as "Yona": Turamāya, Arhtekini, Magā (or Makā), Alikasudara. These too have been equated with the post-Alexandrine Ptolemy of Egypt, Antigonus of Macedon, Magas of Cyrene and Alexander of Epirus or Alexander of Corinth. But it is forgotten that the 5 Greek kings concerned were not the only ones in the post-Alexandrine age. There were some others of equal if not greater ...