Indo-Parthian Kingdom

The Indo-Parthian Kingdom was a Parthian kingdom that was founded by Gondophares with Taxila as its capital in Pakistan.^[1] The Indo-Parthian Kingdom existed from 19 to about 226 AD. They ruled mainly in what is now Pakistan, but also some parts of eastern Afghanistan, and Iran.^[2]

Map of Indo-Parthians shown in yellow within the map of Pakistan.

Main rulers change

Coins of the Indo-Parthian king Abdagases, in which his clothing is clearly apparent. He wears baggy trousers, rather typical of Parthian clothing.

Gondophares I (c. 19 – 46) Coin
Gondophares II Sarpedones (first years AD – c. 20 AD)Coin
Abdagases I (first years AD – mid-1st century AD) Coin
Gondophares III Gudana, previously Orthagnes (c. 20 AD – 30 AD)
Gondophares IV Sases, (mid-1st century AD)
Ubouzanes, (late-1st century AD)
Pacores (late 1st century AD) Coin

Related pages change

References change

↑ Abraham, George (2020-12-28). Lanterns on the Lanes: Lit for Life…. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-64899-659-7. King Gondophares I thus founded the Indo-Parthian Empire with his capital at Taxila, where a number of Parthian or Pahlava monuments such as the remains of the Zoroastrian Fire Temple at Jandial have been found.
↑ Gazerani 2015, p. 26.

Sources change

Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (1997). "Sīstān". The Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume IX: San–Sze. Leiden, and New York: BRILL. pp. 681–685. ISBN 9789004082656.
Schmitt, R. (1995). "DRANGIANA". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5. pp. 534–537.
Ellerbrock, Uwe (2021). The Parthians: The Forgotten Empire. Routledge.
Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. pp. 1–411. ISBN 9783406093975. The history of ancient iran.
Gazerani, Saghi (2015). The Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran's National History: On the Margins of Historiography. BRILL. pp. 1–250. ISBN 9789004282964.
Bivar, A. D. H. (2002). "GONDOPHARES". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XI, Fasc. 2. pp. 135–136.
Olbrycht, Marek Jan (2016). "Dynastic Connections in the Arsacid Empire and the Origins of the House of Sāsān". In Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Pendleton, Elizabeth J.; Alram, Michael; Daryaee, Touraj (eds.). The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires: Adaptation and Expansion. Oxbow Books. ISBN 9781785702082.
Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1–256. ISBN 9781474400305.

Other websites change

[1] Abraham, George (2020-12-28). Lanterns on the Lanes: Lit for Life…. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-64899-659-7. King Gondophares I thus founded the Indo-Parthian Empire with his capital at Taxila, where a number of Parthian or Pahlava monuments such as the remains of the Zoroastrian Fire Temple at Jandial have been found.

[FOOTNOTEGazerani201526-2] Gazerani 2015, p. 26.

[1]

[2]