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What do you know of Gondopharid dynasty?
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Solution
- Indo-Parthians came after the Indo-Greeks and the Indo-Scythians who were, in turn, defeated by the Kushanas in the second half of the first century A.D.
- Indo-Parthian kingdom or Gondopharid dynasty was founded by Gondophemes.
- The domain of Indo-Parthians comprised Kabul and Gandhara.
- The name of Gonodophemes is associated with the Christian apostle St. Thomas.
- According to Christian tradition, St.Thomas visited the court of Gondophemes and converted him to Christianity.
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