Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c22.1

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§ 61. Date of I.-P. Dynasty. — The Indo-Parthian dynasty, the best-known member of which is *Gondophares*, seems to have succeeded the dynasty of Vonones in Kandahar and Seistan, and to have, at one period, extended its territories eastwards into the W.Panjab and Sind, which at an earlier date, formed the kingdom of Maues (v. sup. § 29; C.NChr. 1890, p. 122). With regard to the chronological limits — (1) the foundation of the dynasty seems to be after 1 B.C. (VON GUTSCH. Gesch. Ir. p. 134); and (2) the date of one of the latest kings, *Sanabares*, after 77 A.D. (VON SALLET, ZfN. 1879, p. 364). For a coin bearing the name of Aspavarma (v. sup. § 34), which seems to join in some manner as yet unexplained the two branches represented by Gondophares and Azes (§ 31) v. RODGERS, NChr. 1896, p. 268.