Vispavarma

Vispavarma
Vispavarma
Apracha King; (Gāndhārī: Apacaraja)
	The Bajaur casket mentions the father of Indravarma, i.e. Vispavarma, as the king of the Aprachas. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Predecessor	Indravasu
Successor	Indravarma
Spouses	Śiśireṇa;
Issue	Indravarma; Vāsavadattā; Mahāvedā; Ṇikā;
Dynasty	Apracharajas
Father	Indravasu
Religion	Buddhism

Vispavarma (Kharosthi: 𐨬𐨁𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨬𐨪𐨿𐨨 ^[2]) was an Apracha general who ruled in Gandhara. He is described on multiple reliquary inscriptions bearing the title 'Stratega' or general, equivalent to that of Senapati and was the son of the Apracharaja, Indravasu.

Vispavarma is mainly known from a dedicatory Buddhist inscription by his son Indravarma, who mentions him as his father. The inscription which is written in Kharoshthi, translates into English as:

Prince Indravarma, son of Commander Vispavarma, together with his wife establishes these bodily relics in his own stupa. Commander Vispavarma and Sisirena, the wife of the Commander, are (hereby) honored. Indravasu, king of Apraca, and his wife Vasumitra, who is the mother of a living son, are (hereby) honored
— Opening inscription in Gandhari Prakrit on the Silver Buddhist reliquary of Prince Indravarma.^[3]

In the Bajaur casket inscription, Vispavarma is further described as king of the Apracas by his son Indravarma, the date of the dedication being 5-6 CE:

In the sixty third year of the late great king Aya (Azes), on the sixteenth day of the month of Kartia (Kartika), at this auspicious (?) time, Prince Indravarma (Indravarman), son of the king of Apraca, establishes these bodily relics of Lord Sakyamuni; …. He produces brahma-merit together with his mother, Rukhunaka, daughter of Aji…. And these bodily relics having been brought in possession from the Muraka cave stupa, were established in a secure (?), safe, deep (?), depository…
— Text of the Bajaur casket, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Since the Bajaur casket indicates that Vispavarma was king as of 5-6 CE, his reign is usually dated to around 0-20 CE.

Notes

^ Metropolitan Museum of Art notice
^ Richard Salomon, An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 418-452
^ The World's Writing Systems, Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, Oxford University Press, 1996, p.382

Regnal titles
Vispavarma
Preceded by Indravasu	Apracharaja c. 0-20 CE	Succeeded by Indravarma

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[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art notice

[2] Richard Salomon, An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 418-452

[3] The World's Writing Systems, Peter T. Daniels, William Bright, Oxford University Press, 1996, p.382

[4] From the dated inscription on the Rukhana reliquary

[5] 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

[6] 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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Vispavarma
Apracha King (Gāndhārī: Apacaraja)
The Bajaur casket mentions the father of Indravarma, i.e. Vispavarma, as the king of the Aprachas. Metropolitan Museum of Art.^[1]
Predecessor	Indravasu
Successor	Indravarma
Spouses	Śiśireṇa
Issue	Indravarma Vāsavadattā Mahāvedā Ṇikā
Dynasty	Apracharajas
Father	Indravasu
Religion	Buddhism

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