Spalagadames

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Spalagadames (Kharosthi: 𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨 Śpa-la-ga-da-ma, Śpalagadama[1]) was an Iranian king, who ruled Sakastan in the last quarter of the 1st-century BC after his father Spalahores, who was himself possibly a brother of king Vonones. Spalagadames has been suggested by the Iranologist Khodadad Rezakhani to be the same figure as the first Indo-Parthian king Gondophares (r. 19–46 CE).[2]

Silver tetradrachm of king Vonones mentioning his nephew Spalagadames, son of his brother Spalahores

Name

Spalagadames's name is attested on his coins in the Kharosthi form Śpalagadama (𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨫𐨒𐨡𐨨),[1] which is derived from the Saka name *Spalagadama, meaning "commander of army".[3]

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