Paratarajas

Paratarajas
c.125 CE–c.300 CE[1]
Portrait of Paratarajas ruler Kozana circa 200-220 CE.
Core territory and possible maximum extent of Paradan,[2] and neighbouring polities in Southern Asia in the 2nd century CE.[3]
Historical eraLate Antiquity
• Established
c.125 CE
• Disestablished
c.300 CE[1]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Hind (Sasanian province)
Kushano-Sasanians
Today part ofPakistan

The Pāratarājas (Brahmi: Pāratarāja, Kharosthi: 𐨤𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨗 Pa-ra-ta-ra-ja, Parataraja, "Kings of Pārata") or Pāradarājas was a dynasty of Parthian kings in the territory of modern-day western Pakistan from circa 125 CE to circa 300 CE.[1] It appears to have been a tribal polity of Western Iranic heritage.[4]

  1. ^ a b Tandon 2021, p. 1.
  2. ^ Tandon 2012, p. 30-31, 46.
  3. ^ Schwartzberg 1978, p. 21, 145.
  4. ^ Tandon 2006.

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