Indo-Parthian Kingdom

Indo-Parthian Kingdom was a state in Indus, Punjab and Kashmir (South Asia) that lasted from c. 19 to 226 CE, about 207 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Founded by Gondophares, the king who in Christian tradition received the apostle Thomas. The Kushans took Gandhara in the later 1st century and the kingdom shrank to Sistan and Arachosia, where it lasted until the Sasanians.

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Facts

Dates

c. 19 to 226 CE

Duration

207 years

Type

State

Region

Indus, Punjab and Kashmir, South Asia

Language family

Iranian

Capital

Taxila, later Kandahar

Came from

• Indo-Scythians c. 90 BCE to 30 CE

Events in South Asia during its time

• 127 Kanishka becomes Kushan emperor

Neighbours in South Asia

• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE
• Anuradhapura Kingdom 377 BCE to 1017 CE
• Western Satraps c. 35 to 415 CE
• Satavahana dynasty c. 100 BCE to 220 CE
• Early Cholas c. 300 BCE to 300 CE
• Early Cheras c. 300 BCE to 300 CE
• Yaudheya confederacy c. 200 BCE to 350 CE
• Early Pandyas c. 300 BCE to 250 CE
• Kuninda Kingdom c. 200 BCE to 300 CE
• Malava Republic c. 150 BCE to 350 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Eastern Han 25 to 220 CE, East Asia

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