Founded c. 19 CE when Gondophares, governor of Drangiana under the Parthian Empire, declared independence; ruled Gandhara and the northwest subcontinent from Taxila, and is associated in Christian tradition with the legend of Saint Thomas.
Gradually displaced by the Kushan Empire through the 1st-2nd centuries CE; a residual line persisted in Sakastan/Sistan into the 3rd century before absorption by the Sasanians.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Indo-Parthian Kingdom — the shape you scrub through changes in 19 · 60.
John Keay's acclaimed single-volume history of India places this dynasty within the sweep of the subcontinent's past.