King of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom from c.19 to c.46 AD
Gondophares
King of Kings
Silver coin of Gondophares, minted in Drangiana
Indo-Parthian king
Reign
c. 19 – c. 46
Predecessor
Tanlis Mardates[1]
Successor
Orthagnes (Drangiana and Arachosia) Abdagases I (Gandhara)
Died
46
Religion
Zoroastrianism
Gondophares I (Greek: Γονδοφαρης Gondopharēs, Υνδοφερρης Hyndopherrēs; Kharosthi: 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪Gu-da-pha-ra, Gudaphara;[2]𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪𐨿𐨣Gu-da-pha-rna, Gudapharna;[3][4]𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨂𐨵𐨪Gu-du-vha-ra, Guduvhara[5]) was the founder of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom and its most prominent king, ruling from 19 to 46. He probably belonged to a line of local princes who had governed the Parthian province of Drangiana since its disruption by the Indo-Scythians in c. 129 BC, and may have been a member of the House of Suren. During his reign, his kingdom became independent from Parthian authority and was transformed into an empire, which encompassed Drangiana, Arachosia, and Gandhara.[6] He is generally known from the Acts of Thomas, the Takht-i-Bahi inscription, and silver and copper coins bearing his visage.
He was succeeded in Drangiana and Arachosia by Orthagnes, and in Gandhara by his nephew Abdagases I.[7][8]
^Rezakhani 2017, p. 56.
^Gardner, Percy, The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum, p. 103-106
^Alexander Cunningham, Coins of the Sakas, The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 10 (1890), pp. 103-172
^Gardner, Percy, The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum, p. 105
^Konow, Sten, Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions with the Exception of Those of Aśoka, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. II, Part I. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, p. 58
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the same time as Rostam. Ernst Herzfeld maintained that the dynasty of Gondophares represented the House of Suren, highest of the five premier families...
legend, Thomas the Apostle visited Gondophares IV around 46 CE, possibly at Taxila given that city was Gondophares' capital city. Around the year 50 CE...
with Gondophares, was succeeded by Sasan, after having ascended from a subordinate governance role to a recognized position as one of Gondophares's successors...
century manuscripts, there is an apocryphal story of a merchant of King Gondophares landing in Gujarat with Apostle Thomas. The incident of the cup-bearer...
the Indus region from c. 46 to 60 AD. He was a nephew and successor of Gondophares, who had laid foundations for the Indo-Parthian kingdom after revolting...
Cheiroukes) governed in the area until the establishment of the dynasty of Gondophares (19-46 CE). Tanlis Mardates minted coins with portraits of him and a...
any ideograms. In North Pakistan, Indo-Parthian culture in Taxila with Gondophares 20 BC–10 BC and Abdagases, Bajaur, Bajaur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and down...
ruled by the Gondopharid dynasty, named after its eponymous first ruler Gondophares. They ruled parts of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern...
Herzfeld maintained that the dynasty of [the Indo-Parthian emperor] Gondophares represented the House of Suren." Other notable members of the family...
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There, Thomas found himself in the service of the Indo-Parthian King, Gondophares. The Apostle's ministry resulted in many conversions throughout the kingdom...
with Gondophares, was succeeded by Sasan, after having ascended from a subordinate governance role to a recognized position as one of Gondophares's successors...
include a number of clear historical errors (e.g. confusing the reign of Gondophares) and that "it is almost impossible to identify Yuz Asaf with Jesus"....
Indo-Parthian kingdom, established in northwestern India by the Parthian Gondophares since around 20 CE: His son, Yangaozhen [probably Vema Tahktu or, possibly...
been suggested that he might be identical with the Indo-Parthian king Gondophares IV Sases. Apollonius reported constructions of the Greek type in Taxila...
Chinese Xin Dynasty. First flying machine, according to the Hanshu. Gondophares becomes king of the Saces. October 10 – Tiberius Gemellus, grandson of...
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Herzfeld claimed Kandahar perpetuated the name of the Indo-Parthian king Gondophares, who re-founded the city under the name Gundopharron. An alternative...
[citation needed] The city was then captured by Gondophares, founder of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom. Gondophares established the nearby Takht-i-Bahi monastery...
University Press. pp. 21–99. ISBN 0-521-20092-X. Bivar, A.D.H. (2007), "Gondophares and the Indo-Parthians", in Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh and Sarah Stewart...
to Mitchiner). He was one of the successors of Gondophares, together with Abdagases, Sases, Gondophares II, Sarpedones, and Pacores. He may have ruled...
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