Vispavarma
| Vispavarma | |
|---|---|
Aprachas. Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1] | |
| Predecessor | Indravasu |
| Successor | Indravarma |
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| Issue |
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| Dynasty | Apracharajas |
| Father | Indravasu |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Vispavarma (Kharosthi: 𐨬𐨁𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨬𐨪𐨿𐨨 [2]) was an Apracha general who ruled in Gandhara. He is described on multiple reliquary inscriptions bearing the title 'Stratega' or general, equivalent to that of Senapati and was the son of the Apracharaja, Indravasu.
Vispavarma is mainly known from a dedicatory Buddhist inscription by his son
Kharoshthi
, translates into English as:
Prince
Silver Buddhist reliquary of Prince Indravarma.[3]
In the
Apracas
by his son Indravarma, the date of the dedication being 5-6 CE:
In the sixty third year of the late great king Aya (
Lord Sakyamuni; …. He produces brahma-merit together with his mother, Rukhunaka, daughter of Aji…. And these bodily relics having been brought in possession from the Muraka cave stupa, were established in a secure (?), safe, deep (?), depository…— Text of the Bajaur casket, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Since the Bajaur casket indicates that Vispavarma was king as of 5-6 CE, his reign is usually dated to around 0-20 CE.
See also
- Reliquary
- Apraca
- Bajaur
Notes
- ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art notice [1]
- ^ Richard Salomon, An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 418-452
- ^ The World's Writing Systems, Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, Oxford University Press, 1996, p.382 [2]