Suren Kingdom

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Was a Parthian kingdom founded by Gondophares that ruled an area covering parts of eastern Iran, various parts of Afghanistan and the northwest regions of the Indian subcontinent.

Establishment

January 20: The Suren Kingdom was founded in 19 when the Surenid governor of Drangiana (Sakastan) Gondophares declared independence from the Parthian Empire.

January 20: After the death of Azes, the rule of the Indo-Scythians in northwestern India was shattered with the rise of the Indo-Parthian ruler Gondophares.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 31: Gondophares, a Parthian prince, established the Indo-Parthian Kingdom in the 1st century AD. He ruled over regions including Arachosia, Seistan, Sindh, Punjab, and the Kabul valley. However, his territory did not extend beyond eastern Punjab.

January 36: Indo-Scythian (Saka) rulers of ancient India who ruled over the region of Sindh, Makran, Saurashtra and Malwa (in modern Sindh, Balochistan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh of India and Pakistan), between 35 and 405 CE.

January 51: Kujula Kadphises was the founder of the Kushan Dynasty, a powerful empire that ruled over northern India in the 1st century AD. Under his leadership, the Kushans expanded their territory by absorbing the northern Indian part of the kingdom.

January 51: The Kushans invaded Anxi (Indo-Parthia) and took the Gaofu (Kabul) region. They also defeated the whole of the kingdoms of Puda (Paktiya) and Jibin (Kapisha and Gandhara).

January 101: Kushan emperor Vima Kadphises (c. 95 - c. 127) conquers territories in Bactria.

January 128: In the year one, it has been proclaimed unto India, unto the whole realm of the governing class, including Koonadeano (Kaundiny, Kundina) and the city of Ozeno (Ozene, Ujjain) and the city of Zageda (Saketa) and the city of Kozambo (Kausambi) and the city of Palabotro (Pataliputra) and as far as the city of Ziri-tambo (Sri-Champa), whatever rulers and other important persons (they might have) he had submitted to (his) will, and he had submitted all India to (his) will. — Rabatak inscription, Lines 4-8.