Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c18.s2.1
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c18.s2.1
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¹ The Parthians (Pārthava, Pahlava) were an Iranian people established on the borders of the district that is today Mazandarān and Khurāsān. About 249/8 B.C. they revolted against the Seleukids under the command of Arshaka (Arsaces), a leader of Scythia (Pope and Ackerman, *A Survey of Persian Art*, p. 71).