Indravarma

Indravarma
Apracha King
(Gāndhārī: Apacaraja)
Coin of Aspavarma, mentioning his father Indravarman.
Obv King mounted on a horse, holding a whip. Greek legend around ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΑΖΟΥ.
Rev Pallas Athena holding spear, and triratna symbol. Kharoshthi legend around Iṃdravarmaputrasa Aśpavarmasa strategasa jayatasa "Victorious general Aspavarma, son of Indravarma".
Reign1st century
PredecessorVispavarma
SuccessorAspavarma
SpouseUttarā
Issue
HouseApracharajas
DynastyApracha
FatherVispavarma
MotherRukhuṇaka
ReligionBuddhism

Indravarman or Indravarma (Kharosthi: 𐨀𐨁𐨎𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨬𐨪𐨿𐨨 Iṃ-dra-va-rma, Iṃdravarma[1]), also called Itravasu on his coinage, was an Apracharaja who ruled in Gandhara, with his capital in Bajaur. He succeeded the previous Apracharaja Indravasu, in 50 BC and was the son of the Apracha general. Vispavarma.[2] Indravarma had a son, Aspavarma, commander and later king, known from an inscription discovered at Taxila.[3]

  1. ^ Cunningham, Alexander, COINS OF THE INDO-SCYTHIANS. The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 8 (1888), pp. 199-248
  2. ^ The World's Writing Systems, Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, Oxford University Press, 1996, p.382
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Srinivasan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).