Vonones of Indo-Scythia

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Silver tetradrachm of king Vonones.
Obv: King on horseback, holding a spear. Greek legend: BASILEOS BASILEON MEGALOY ONONIU "Great King of Kings Vonones".
Rev: Zeus holding a thunderbolt and a sceptre. Kharoshthi legend: SPALAHORAPUTRASA DHARMIASA SPALADAMASA "Brother Spalahores the Just, and Spalagadames".

Vonones was an Indo-Scythian king who reigned in areas of the North-western Indian subcontinent between around 75 to 65 BCE.

His brother, Spalahores, was mentioned on his coins, as well as Spalahores' son Spalagadames. Spalahores succeeded him.

[edit] See also

• Yuezhi
• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
• Indo-Greek Kingdom
• Indo-Parthian Kingdom
• Kushan Empire

[edit] External links

• Coins of Vonones

[edit] References

• "The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies" by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) ISBN 1-58115-203-5
• "The Greeks in Bactria and India", W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.