Which of the following rulers has been identified as King Milinda and mentioned in the famous Buddhist text Milinda Panha?

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The correct answer is Menander.Key Points

The Milinda Panha is a Buddhist text which dates from sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD.
It purports to record a dialogue between the Indian Buddhist sage Nagasena, and the 2nd century BC Indo-Greek king Menander I (Pali: Milinda) of Bactria, in Sagala, present-day Sialkot.
The Milinda Panha is regarded as canonical in Burmese Buddhism, included as part of the book of Khuddaka Nikaya.
An abridged version is included as part of Chinese Mahayana translations of the canon.
The Milinda Panha is not regarded as canonical by Thai or Sri Lankan Buddhism, however, despite the surviving Theravada text being in Sinhalese script.
The Chinese text titled the Monk Nagasena Sutra corresponds to the first three chapters of the Milindapanha.
It was translated sometime during the Eastern Jin dynasty.

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Demetrius	Demetrius I Anicetus, also called Damaytra was a Greco-Bactrian and later Indo-Greek king (Yona in Pali language, "Yavana" in Sanskrit), who ruled areas from Bactria to ancient northwestern India. He was the son of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom's ruler Euthydemus I and succeeded him around 200 BC, after which he conquered extensive areas in what is now southern Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and India.
Alexander	Alexander of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Western Asia and Egypt. The Battle of the Hydaspes (Jhelum) was fought between Alexander the Great and Porus the Elder in 326 BC.
Eucratides	Eucratides I the Great was one of the most important Greco-Bactrian kings. Eucratides overthrew the Euthydemid dynasty and restored the Diodotids to power. He fought against the easternmost Hellenistic and Indian rulers in India, holding territory in the Indus and as far as Barigaza until he was finally defeated by Menander and pushed back to Bactria.