Vonones of Indo-Scythia

[
thumb|350px|Silver_tetradrachm_of_king_Vonones.
Obv: King on horseback, holding a spear. Greek

Rev: Zeus holding a thunderbolt and a sceptre. Kharoshthi
Spalahores the Just, and Spalagadames".]

Vonones was an Indo-Scythian king who reigned in areas of the North-western Indian subcontinent between around 75 to 65 BCE.

His brother, Spalahores, was mentioned on his coins, as well as Spalahores' son Spalagadames. Spalahores succeeded him.

ee also

*Yuezhi
*Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
*Indo-Greek Kingdom
*Indo-Parthian Kingdom
*Kushan Empire

External links

* [http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Vonones+AND+Indo Coins of Vonones]

References

* "The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies" by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) ISBN 1-58115-203-5
* "The Greeks in Bactria and India", W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.