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A ruler of this ethnicity established a major Buddhist center at his capital of Sagala. These people were known as Yonas or Yavanas in ancient Pali and (15[1])Sanskrit (15[2])sources. Converts of this ethnicity made the earliest iconic statues of the Buddha. The Milindapañha (-5[1])records Nagasena converting a ruler of this ethnicity to Buddhism. Dynasties of this ethnicity spread Buddhism in (*) Gandhāra and (10[2])Bactria. An empire of this ethnicity ceded its easternmost provinces to Chandragupta Maurya in return for the war elephants used at the Battle of Ipsus. A conqueror of this ethnicity won the Battle of the Hydaspes against King Porus. For 10 points, name this ethnicity of Seleucus and other (10[1])rulers who succeeded Alexander the Great. ■END■

ANSWER: Greek [or Hellene; or Yona, Yonaka, Yavana, or Yavanar before mention; accept Macedonian; accept Ionian]
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Ani PerumallaPenn State AMichigan B2715
Charles HangWUSTLCase Western2815
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%17%50%90.40
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%50%25%68.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%25%87.25
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%50%17%53.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y367%33%33%57.00