 Two texts from this period which are especially noteworthy for the study of the history of reasoning in India are Kathā-vatthu (Points of controversy), attributed to Moggaliputta Tissa, and Milinda-pañha (Questions of King Milinda). These texts date from around the third century bce. The latter text comprises a dialogue between the Greek Bactrian king Menander (Pali: Milinda), and the Buddhist monk Nāgasena. In it, King Milinda puts questions to Nāgasena concerning various aspects of Buddhist doctrine. The answers typically employ analogies, some very elaborate. In some cases, the king adduces pairs of statements of Buddhist doctrine which, he says, contradict each other. The monk typically replies by trying to show the alleged contradictions to be merely apparent. In a few cases, one or the other party makes an argument, typically an analogical one.