Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c20.12

c20.12

**§ 30. Vonones.** — Nearly allied to the dynasty of Maues is that of *Vonones* (**Plate I, 17:** Vonones and Spalagādama), the coins of which are found in the country around Kandahar and Ghazni, the ancient Arachosia, and in Seistan, the ancient Drangiana. The Parthian appearance of the names of these princes is most striking; and, consequently, the term Indo-Parthian has sometimes been applied to them. In support of their Parthian origin may also be adduced the fact that the same territory was, in the 1st cent. A.D., governed by an undoubtedly Parthian dynasty — that of Gondophares (§ 61) to which, in this article, the designation Indo-Parthian is restricted. At the same time, it is certain that the dynasties of Maues and Vonones were intimately connected, and it is difficult to separate them so far as to call the former Śaka and the latter Parthian. The difficulty is, perhaps, to be explained by supposing the existence among the Śakas of this period of a strong Parthian element due to previous events.