Theodamas (Indo-Greek)

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Theodamas was an Indo-Greek who lived perhaps in the first century AD. He is only known from a signet ring from Bajaur (in the north of today's Pakistan ). Its exact position is disputed. The inscription on the ring is in Kharoshthi script and shows a figure next to the short inscription. The short inscription referred Theo Damas as su , which in turn than the royal title Shah was interpreted, a title that also by the Kushan was needed -Herrschern and also posthumously by Kujula Kadphises Greek Indo-minted coins in the name of the ruler Hermaios is attested. If this interpretation is correct, then Theodamas was likely a local Indo-Greek ruler in northern Pakistan who was perhaps a local governor among the Indo-Scythians or Indo-Parthians . Others, however, reject this interpretation and do not see theodamas as a ruler.

literature

  • AK Narain: The Indo-Greeks . Oxford 1957, p. 42, n. 2 (sees no king in Theodamas).
  • William W. Tarn: The Greeks in Bactria and India . 2nd ed., Cambridge 1951, pp. 312-313, 389, 392, 504.
  • Ingo Strauch: The Bajaur collection: A new collection of Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts - A preliminary catalog and survey - , p. 6 online (PDF file; 4.69 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Theodamas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION possibly local ruler
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC BC or 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century