Core territory and possible maximum extent of Paradan,[3] and neighbouring polities in Southern Asia in the 2nd century CE.[4]
Historical era
Late Antiquity
• Established
c.125 CE
• Disestablished
c.300 CE[1]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Hind (Sasanian province)
Kushano-Sasanians
Today part of
Pakistan
The Pāratarājas (Brahmi: Pāratarāja, Kharosthi: 𐨤𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨗Pa-ra-ta-ra-ja, Parataraja, "Kings of Pārata") or Pāradarājas was a dynasty of Parthian kings in the territory of modern-day western Pakistan from circa 125 CE to circa 300 CE.[1] It appears to have been a tribal polity of Western Iranic heritage.[5]
^ abTandon 2021, p. 1.
^CNG Coins
^Tandon 2012, p. 30-31, 46.
^Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 21, 145. ISBN 0226742210.
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Pāratarāja, Kharosthi: 𐨤𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨗 Pa-ra-ta-ra-ja, Parataraja, "Kings of Pārata") or Pāradarājas was a dynasty of Parthian kings in the territory of modern-day western Pakistan from circa 125 CE to circa 300 CE.[1] It appears to have been a tribal polity of Western Iranic heritage.[5]