
Pacores or Pakores (
Greek
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: ΠΑΚΟΡΗϹ ''Pakorēs'';
Kharosthi
Kharosthi script (), also known as the Gandhari script (), was an ancient script originally developed in the Gandhara Region of modern-day Pakistan, between the 5th and 3rd century BCE. used primarily by the people of Gandhara alongside vari ...
: 𐨤𐨐𐨂𐨪 ', ';
Aramaic
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: pkwry)
(100–135 AD) was a king who ruled the remnants of the
Indo-Parthian Kingdom
The Indo-Parthian kingdom was a Parthian kingdom founded by Gondophares, and active from 19 CE to c. 226 CE. At their zenith, they ruled an area covering parts of eastern Iran, various parts of Afghanistan and the northwest regions of the Indian ...
in
Arachosia from 100–130 AD following
Ubouzanes.
He was an
Indo-Parthian king.
[Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage - Michael Mitchiner - 1976, Volumes 7 à 9 - Pages 670, 717 and 770] He is well-known from coins minted in
Seistan and
Kandahar
Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city, after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118 in 2015. It is the capital of Kandahar Pro ...
, mostly silver
drachms and
tetradrachm
The tetradrachm () was a large silver coin that originated in Ancient Greece. It was nominally equivalent to four drachmae. Over time the tetradrachm effectively became the standard coin of the Antiquity, spreading well beyond the borders of the ...
s. The time of his reign can be determined as many of his coins
over strike those of
Vima Takto
Vima Takto or Vima Taktu (Greco-Bactrian script, Greco-Bactrian: Οοημο Τακτοο, ''Oēmo Taktoo''; Kharosthi: 𐨬𐨅𐨨 𐨟𐨑𐨆 ', ') was a Kushan Empire, Kushan emperor who reigned –90 CE.
Rule
Vima Takto was long known as " ...
.
He is the last well attested ruler. After his coins there is a single surviving coin with the name
Abdagases II and a set of poorly made Indo-Parthian coins with unnamed rulers before the
Kushan Empire
The Kushan Empire (– CE) was a Syncretism, syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the Bactrian territories in the early 1st century. It spread to encompass much of what is now Afghanistan, Eastern Iran, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbe ...
conquered it.
References
*Christine Fröhlich.
Indo-Parthian Dynasty" ''Encyclopædia Iranica.''
{{Indo-Parthian kings
Indo-Parthian kings
2nd-century monarchs in Asia
2nd-century Iranian people
Zoroastrian monarchs