kingdom · South Asia
Paratarajas
Origins
The Paratarajas, kings of the Paratas or Paradas, ruled in what is now Balochistan from around the 2nd century. They are known mainly from coins with legends in Brahmi and Kharoshthi that name a sequence of kings and their fathers, and they appear to have been connected to the Indo-Parthian Kingdom.
Rule and society
Their silver and copper coins show the king's bust on one side and a swastika on the other, with titles that call the ruler Paratarajas. Kings such as Yolamira and Arjuna are known only by name. The state probably controlled routes between the Indus valley and south-eastern Iran.
Decline and legacy
The Paratarajas likely came under the Sasanian Empire in the 3rd century; the Paikuli inscription of the Sasanian king Narseh mentions a ruler of the Paradan among his vassals. Their coinage ends around 300.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
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- Paratarajas paid tribute to Sasanian Empire262 CE – 300 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Paratarajas. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/paratarajas
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