The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.51

v1.c31.51

A characteristic feature of the coins of Vonones and his family is, as we have seen (p. 569), the association of the Great King of Kings with the viceroy of Arachosia, whose relationship to the suzerain is sometimes expressed in the Kharoshṭhī legend of the *reverse*. Thus Vonones ruled conjointly with his brother, Spalahores, and with his nephew Spalagadames, the son of Spalahores (Pl. VII, 27, 31, and *Summary*, pp. 589–90). If we may assume with Mr Whitehead¹ that the Scythian name, Spalahores (Çpalahora) appears in a Greek guise as Spalyris, this brother of Vonones and his son also ruled conjointly as viceroys over the district of Arachosia in which coins bearing the type of Euthydemus, 'Heracles seated,' were current. This district had formerly been under the direct government of the Great King of Kings, Azilises (*Summary*, p. 589).