page_title: Indo-Parthian Kingdom
section_title: Main Indo-Parthian rulers
hierarchical_section_title: Indo-Parthian Kingdom / Main Indo-Parthian rulers
caption_attribution_description: Two coins of the Indo-Parthian king Abdagases on horse. 1st century. Personal photograph 2006.
context_page_description: The Indo-Parthian Kingdom, also known as the Suren Kingdom, was a Parthian kingdom founded by the Gondopharid branch of the House of Suren, ruling from 19 to c. 226. At their zenith, they ruled an area covering parts of eastern Iran, various parts of Afghanistan and the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent.
  The kingdom was founded in 19 when the Surenid governor of Drangiana Gondophares declared independence from the Parthian Empire. He would later make expeditions into the west, conquering territory from the Indo-Scythians and Indo-Greeks, thus transforming his kingdom into an empire. The domains of the Indo-Parthians were greatly reduced following the invasions of the Kushans in the second half of the 1st. century. They managed to retain control of Sakastan, until its conquest by the Sasanian Empire in c. 224/5.
  The Indo-Parthians are noted for the construction of the Buddhist monastery Takht-i-Bahi.
context_section_description: Gondophares I (c. 19 – 46) Coin
  Gondophares II Sarpedones (first years AD – c. 20 AD)Coin
  Abdagases I (first years AD – mid-1st century AD) Coin
  Gondophares III Gudana, previously Orthagnes (c. 20 AD – 30 AD)
  Gondophares IV Sases, (mid-1st century AD)
  Ubouzanes, (late-1st century AD)
  Pacores (late 1st century AD) Coin
caption: Coins of the Indo-Parthian king Abdagases, in which his clothing is clearly apparent. He wears baggy trousers, rather typical of Parthian clothing.
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