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GONDOPHARES

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 233 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GONDOPHARES  , or GONDOP'HERNES, an Indo-

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Parthian
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king who ruled over the
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Kabul valley and the
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Punjab . By means of his coins his
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accession may be dated with
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practical certainty at A.D . 21, and his reign lasted for some
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thirty years . He is notable for his association with St
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Thomas in
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early
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Christian tradition . The
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legend is that
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India
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fell to St Thomas, who showed unwillingness to start until
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Christ appeared in a
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vision and ordered him to serve King Gondophares and build him a
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palace . St Thomas accordingly went to India and suffered martyrdom there . This legend is not incompatible with what is known of the
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chronology of Gondophares' reign .

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