the Indo-Greek king, Menander, ruled in Sialkot during the 2nd century

According to the Greek historical texts which bring mention of the city of Sialkot dating back to 327 BC when the city was known as Sagala, it represented the eastern-most outpost and expansion of the Hellenic Empire created by Alexander the Great which has been cross-correlated to ancient Greek maps of the era and several monuments found in the Sialkot district. The Greek historians state that the city was one of the most productive silk regions of the Achaemenid Empire.Punjab had earned a reputation of being one of the richest satrapy (province), beside Gandhara, of the then Persian Empire. Sákala or Sagala was the capital, or one of the capitals, of the Indo-Greek Kingdom which broke away from the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom during the Euthydemid Dynasty, and the residence ofMenander I (Milinda) during his reign between 160 and 135 BC. Shun and Dall were two of the most powerful tribes in Sialkot. Then the country was flooded and remained one vast uninhabited region for about 1000 years.