The names of the Mahakshatrapa ("Great Satrap")
Kharapallana and the Kshatrapa ("Satrap") Vanaspara in the year 3 of
Kanishka (circa 123 CE) were found on this statue of a
Bodhisattva from
Sarnath, dedicated by "brother (Bhikshu) Bala", the
Sarnath Bala Boddhisattva.
The inscription with the portion Ksatrapena Vanasparena Kharapallanena "Satraps Vanaspara and Kharapallana". The mention of the Satraps is repeated on other shorter inscriptions on the statue.
Vanaspara (ruled c. 130 CE) was an
Indo-ScythianNorthern Satrap (kshtrapa). He is mentioned as a "Satrap" (
Brahmi:, Kṣatrapa, "
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.[1]
^An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Richard Salomon, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 442
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^A Kharosthī Reliquary Inscription of the Time of the Apraca Prince Visnuvarma, by Richard Salomon, South Asian Studies 11 1995, Pages 27-32, Published online: 09 Aug 2010
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