Spalahores
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Vonones
Vonones was the name of three kings of the ancient Middle East:*Vonones was king of the Indo-Scythians c. 75–65 BC.*Vonones I was king of Parthia c. AD 8–12*Vonones II was king of Parthia c. 51...
. They reigned in areas of the North-western South Asia between around 75 to 65 BCE.
Spalahores was mentioned on the coins of Vonones, as his brother, together with Spalahores' son Spalagadames
Spalagadames
Spalagadames was an Indo-Scythian ruler, son of Spalahores , himself brother of king Vonones. He ruled in areas of the North-western South Asia between around 50 BCE....
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Spalahores apparently did not strike coins on his own, but was mentioned on most of the coins of Vonones. He was probably identical with Spalirises
Spalirises
Spalirises was an Indo-Scythian "Great king" of the 1st century BCE. He was the brother of Vonones , and probably identical with Spalahores....
(in Greek on the obverse legend of coins), who mints as king in the following period.
See also
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- Greco-Bactrian KingdomGreco-Bactrian KingdomThe Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was the easternmost part of the Hellenistic world, covering Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia from 250 to 125 BC...
- Indo-Greek KingdomIndo-Greek KingdomThe Indo-Greek Kingdom or Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent during the last two centuries BC, and was ruled by more than 30 Hellenistic kings, often in conflict with each other...
- Indo-Parthian KingdomIndo-Parthian KingdomThe Gondopharid dynasty, and other so-called Indo-Parthian rulers, were a group of ancient kings from present day eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan who ruled India, during or slightly before the 1st century AD...
- Kushan EmpireKushan EmpireThe Kushan Empire originally formed in the early 1st century AD under Kujula Kadphises in the territories of ancient Bactria on either side of the middle course of the Oxus in what is now northern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.During the 1st and early 2nd centuries...