Kharapallana (Brahmi: Kha-ra-pa-llā-na, Kharapallāna; Greek: Ancient Greek: Χαροβαλανο Kharobalano[1]) was an Indo-Scythian Northern Satrap who ruled around c. 130 CE.
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Name
Kharapallana's name is attested in the Greek form Kharobalano (Ancient Greek: Χαροβαλανο)[1] and in the Brahmi form Kharapallāna, which are derived from the Saka name *Xāravalāna, meaning "splendid youth".[2]
Reign
He is mentioned as a "Great Satrap" (Brahmi:
The inscription was discovered on an early statue of a Boddhisattva, the Sarnath Bala Boddhisattva, now in the Sarnath Museum .[4]
Vanaspara and Kharapallana were ruling for Kanishka over the eastern provinces of the Empire, including the Benares region.[5]
References
- ^ a b Thomas, F.W. (1913). "The Date of Kanishka". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 45 (3): 911–1042. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00045160. JSTOR 25189072. S2CID 162441696.
- ^ Harmatta, János (1999). "Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms". In Harmatta, János; Puri, B. N.; Etemadi, G. F. (eds.). History of civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. p. 412. ISBN 978-8-120-81408-0.
- ^ Rapson, E. J. (1908). Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Kṣatrapas, the Traikūṭaka Dynasty, and the "Bodhi" Dynasty. London: Longman & Co. p. ciii. ISBN 978-1-332-41465-9.
- ^ Basham, A. L. (1968). Papers on the Date of Kaniṣka Submitted to the Conference on the Date of Kaniska, London, 20-22 April, 1960. E. J. Brill. p. 271. ISBN 978-90-04-00151-0.
- ^ Sharma, R. S. (1991). Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. p. 295. ISBN 9788120808270.