Spalagadames ( Kharosthi: , ) was an

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king, who ruled

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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

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Khodadad Rezakhani to be the same figure as the first Indo-Parthian king Gondophares ().

Name

Spalagadames's name is attested on his coins in the Kharosthi form (), which is derived from the

Saka The Saka ( Old Persian: ; Kharoṣṭhī: ; Ancient Egyptian: , ; , old , mod. , ), Shaka (Sanskrit ( Brāhmī): , , ; Sanskrit (Devanāgarī): , ), or Sacae (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples who hist ...

name , meaning "commander of army".

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* * {{s-end 1st-century BC Iranian monarchs