Thraso
# Thraso

Thraso (Greek: Θράσων), latinized as Thrason, was an Indo-Greek king in Central and Western Punjab, unknown until the 1982 discovery of one of his coins by R. C. Senior in the Surana hoard. The coin is in a style similar to those of Menander I, has the same type of Athena, and shares one of Menander's mint marks. On the coin, the title of Thraso is Basileus Megas ("Great King"), a title which only Eucratides the Great had dared take before him and which is seemingly misplaced on the young boy Thraso, whose single preserved coin indicates a small and insignificant reign.

Osmund Bopearachchi suggests a preliminary dating of 95–80 BC, but Senior himself concludes that Thraso was the son and heir of Menander (c. 155–130 BC), since his coin was not worn and was found in a hoard with only earlier coins.

It seems as though the child was briefly raised to the throne in the turmoil following the death of Menander, by a general who thought the grandiloquent title might strengthen his case.

vteGreco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kings, territories and chronology :

Based on Bopearachchi (1991) :

Greco-Bactrian kings

Indo-Greek kings

Territories/ datesWest BactriaEast BactriaParopamisade ArachosiaGandharaWestern PunjabEastern PunjabMathura

326-325 BCE

Campaigns of Alexander the Great in India

Nanda Empire

312 BCE

Creation of the Seleucid Empire

Creation of the Maurya Empire

305 BCE

Seleucid Empire after Mauryan war

Maurya Empire

280 BCE

Foundation of Ai-Khanoum

255–239 BCE

Independence of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom Diodotus I

Emperor Ashoka (268-232)

239–223 BCE

Diodotus II

230–200 BCE

Euthydemus I

200–190 BCE

Demetrius I

Sunga Empire

190-185 BCE

Euthydemus II

190–180 BCE

Agathocles

Pantaleon

185–170 BCE

Antimachus I

180–160 BCE

Apollodotus I

175–170 BCE

Demetrius II

160–155 BCE

Antimachus II

170–145 BCE

Eucratides I

155–130 BCE

Yuezhi occupation, loss of Ai-Khanoum

Eucratides II Plato Heliocles I

Menander I

130–120 BCE

Yuezhi occupation

Zoilus I

Agathoclea

Yavanarajya inscription

120–110 BCE

Lysias

Strato I

110–100 BCE

Antialcidas

Heliocles II

100 BCE

Polyxenus

Demetrius III

100–95 BCE

Philoxenus

95–90 BCE

Diomedes

Amyntas

Epander

90 BCE

Theophilus

Peucolaus

Thraso

90–85 BCE

Nicias

Menander II

Artemidorus

90–70 BCE

Hermaeus

Archebius

Yuezhi occupation

Maues (Indo-Scythian)

75–70 BCE

Vonones

Telephus

Apollodotus II

65–55 BCE

Spalirises

Hippostratus

Dionysius

55–35 BCE

Azes I (Indo-Scythians)

Zoilus II

55–35 BCE

Vijayamitra/ Azilises

Apollophanes

25 BCE – 10 CE

Gondophares

Zeionises

Kharahostes

Strato II Strato III

Gondophares (Indo-Parthian)

Rajuvula (Indo-Scythian)

Kujula Kadphises (Kushan Empire)

Bhadayasa (Indo-Scythian)

Sodasa (Indo-Scythian)

↑ O. Bopearachchi, "Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné", Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p.453↑ Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2 April 2019). "History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE". BRILL – via Google Books. :

