Indravasu
Indravasu | |
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Apracha King (Gāndhārī: Apacaraja) | |
Reign | 1st century (c. 15 CE) |
Predecessor | Vijayamitra |
Successor | Vispavarma |
Spouse | Vasumitra |
Dynasty | Apracharajas |
Father | Vijayamitra |
Religion | Buddhism |
Indravasu (Kharosthi: 𐨀𐨁𐨎𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨬𐨯𐨂[1]) was an Apracharaja ruling in Gandhara with his capital in Bajaur of modern Pakistan. He succeeded the previous Apracharaja, Vijayamitra in 32 CE.
Rukhana reliquary
He is mentioned in a recently discovered inscription in Kharoshthi on a Buddhist reliquary (the "Rukhana reliquary", published by Salomon in 2005), which gives a relationship between several eras of the period, and especially gives confirmation of a Yavana era in relation to the Azes era. He was the son of king Vijayamitra.
In the twenty-seventh year in the reign of Lord Vijayamitra, the King of the Apraca; in the seventy-third year which is called "of Azes", in the two hundred and first year of the Yonas (Greeks), on the eighth day of the month of Sravana; on this day was established [this] stupa by Rukhana, the wife of the King of Apraca, [and] by Vijayamitra, the king of Apraca, [and] by Indravarma (Indravasu?), the commander (stratega), [together] with their wives and sons.[2][3]
Silver Buddhist reliquary of Prince Indravarma
He is also mentioned as king of the Apracas on another inscription:
Prince Indravarma, son of Commander Vispavarma, together with his wife establishes these bodily relics in his own stupa. Commander Vispavarma and Sisirena, the wife of the Commander, are (hereby) honored. Indravasu, king of Apraca, and his wife Vasumitra, who is the mother of a living son, are (hereby) honored"
Notes
- ^ Richard Salomon, An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 418-452
- ^ "Afghanistan, carrefour en l'Est et l'Ouest" p.373. Also Senior 2003
- ^ Des Indo-Grecs aux Sassanides, Rika Gyselen, Peeters Publishers, 2007, p.103 [1]
- ^ The World's Writing Systems, Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, Oxford University Press, 1996, p.382 [2]
References
- Baums, Stefan. 2012. “Catalog and Revised Texts and Translations of Gandharan Reliquary Inscriptions.” In: David Jongeward, Elizabeth Errington, Richard Salomon and Stefan Baums, Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries, p. 212–213, 233–234, Seattle: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project (Gandharan Studies, Volume 1).
- Baums, Stefan, and Andrew Glass. 2002– . Catalog of Gāndhārī Texts, nos. CKI 241 and CKI 405
- Senior, R.C. (2006). Indo-Scythian coins and history. Volume IV. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9709268-6-9.
Indravasu | ||
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Preceded by | Apracharaja c. 15 CE | Succeeded by |
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Territories/ dates | Western India | Western Pakistan Balochistan | Paropamisadae Arachosia | Bajaur | Gandhara | Western Punjab | Eastern Punjab | Mathura | ||||
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INDO-GREEK KINGDOM | ||||||||||||
90–85 BCE | Nicias | Menander II | Artemidoros | |||||||||
90–70 BCE | Hermaeus | Archebius | ||||||||||
85-60 BCE | INDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM Maues | |||||||||||
75–70 BCE | Vonones Spalahores | Telephos | Apollodotus II | |||||||||
65–55 BCE | Spalirises Spalagadames | Hippostratos | Dionysios | |||||||||
55–35 BCE | Azes I | Zoilos II | ||||||||||
55–35 BCE | Azilises Azes II | Apollophanes | Indo-Scythian dynasty of the NORTHERN SATRAPS Hagamasha | |||||||||
25 BCE – 10 CE | Indo-Scythian dynasty of the APRACHARAJAS Vijayamitra (ruled 12 BCE - 15 CE)[n 1] | Liaka Kusulaka Patika Kusulaka Zeionises | Kharahostes (ruled 10 BCE– 10 CE)[n 2] Mujatria | Strato II and Strato III | Hagana | |||||||
10-20 CE | INDO-PARTHIAN KINGDOM Gondophares | Indravasu | INDO-PARTHIAN KINGDOM Gondophares | Rajuvula | ||||||||
20-30 CE | Ubouzanes Pakores | Vispavarma (ruled c.0-20 CE)[n 3] | Sarpedones | Bhadayasa | Sodasa | |||||||
30-40 CE | KUSHAN EMPIRE Kujula Kadphises | Indravarma | Abdagases | ... | ... | |||||||
40-45 CE | Aspavarma | Gadana | ... | ... | ||||||||
45-50 CE | Sasan | Sases | ... | ... | ||||||||
50-75 CE | ... | ... | ||||||||||
75-100 CE | Indo-Scythian dynasty of the WESTERN SATRAPS Chastana | Vima Takto | ... | ... | ||||||||
100-120 CE | Abhiraka | Vima Kadphises | ... | ... | ||||||||
120 CE | Bhumaka Nahapana | PARATARAJAS Yolamira | Kanishka I | Great Satrap Kharapallana and Satrap Vanaspara for Kanishka I | ||||||||
130-230 CE | Jayadaman
| Bagamira
| Vāsishka (c. 140 – c. 160)
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230-280 CE | Samghadaman | Miratakhma | INDO-SASANIANS | Kanishka II (c. 230 – 240)
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280-300 CE | Bhratadarman | Datayola II | Hormizd II, "Kushanshah" (c. 295 – 300) | Vasudeva II (c. 275 – 310) | ||||||||
300-320 CE | Peroz II, "Kushanshah" (c. 300 – 325) | Vasudeva III | ||||||||||
320-388 CE | Yasodaman II | Shapur II Sassanid king and "Kushanshah" (c. 325) | GUPTA EMPIRE
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388-395 CE | Rudrasimha III | Chandragupta II |
- ^ From the dated inscription on the Rukhana reliquary
- ^ An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Richard Salomon, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 442 [3]
- ^ A Kharosthī Reliquary Inscription of the Time of the Apraca Prince Visnuvarma, by Richard Salomon, South Asian Studies 11 1995, Pages 27-32, Published online: 09 Aug 2010 [4]