Vanaspara
Indo-Scythian Northern Satrap, ruled circa 130 CE
About Vanaspara
Vanaspara (ruled c. 130 CE) was an Indo-Arya or Scythian Northern Satrap (kshtrapa). He is mentioned as a "Satrap" (Brahmi:13px13px11px, Ká¹£atrapa, "Satrap") of Kushan ruler Kanishka I on an inscription discovered in Sarnath, and dated to the 3rd year of Kanishka (c. 130 CE), in which Kanishka mentions he was, together with "Great Satrap" Kharapallana, governor of the eastern parts of his Empire.
The inscription was discovered on an early statue of a Boddhisattva, the Sarnath Bala Boddhisattva, now in the Sarnath Museum .
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Indo-Scythian Northern Satrap, ruled circa 130 CE
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