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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]
Main rulers
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- 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
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[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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 | change source]- 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.
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