Silver tetradrachm of king Vonones mentioning his nephew Spalagadames, son of his brother Spalahores

Spalagadames (Kharosthi: 𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨 Śpa-la-ga-da-ma, Śpalagadama[1]) was an Iranian king, who ruled Sakastan in the last quarter of the 1st-century BC after his father Spalahores, who was himself possibly a brother of king Vonones. Spalagadames has been suggested by the Iranologist Khodadad Rezakhani to be the same figure as the first Indo-Parthian king Gondophares (r. 19–46 CE).[2]

Name

Spalagadames's name is attested on his coins in the Kharosthi form Śpalagadama (𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨),[1] which is derived from the Saka name *Spalagadama, meaning "commander of army".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Gardner, Percy (1929). The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum. London: Gilbert & Rivington Ltd. pp. 99-100. ISBN 978-0-900-83452-3.
  2. ^ Rezakhani 2017, pp. 34, 37.
  3. ^ Harmatta, János (1999). "Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms". In Harmatta, János; Puri, B. N.; Etemadi, G. F. (eds.). History of civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. p. 410. ISBN 978-8-120-81408-0.

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Preceded bySpalahores King of Sakastan 1st-century BC Succeeded byGondophares
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