ApracharajasThe Apracharajas (Kharosthi: 𐨀𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨕𐨪𐨗 , , 𐨀𐨤𐨕𐨪𐨗 , ), also known as Avacarajas (Kharosthi: 𐨀𐨬𐨕𐨪𐨗 , ), were an Indo-Scythian ruling dynasty of present-day western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. The Apracharaja capital, known as Apracapura (also Avacapura), was located in the Bajaur district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Apraca rule of Bajaur lasted from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE. Before the arrival of the Indo-Greeks and the Indo-Scythians, Apracan territory was the stronghold of the warlike Aspasioi tribe of Arrian, recorded in Vedic Sanskrit texts as Ashvakas.
Bajaur casketThe Bajaur casket, also called the Indravarma reliquary, year 63, or sometimes referred to as the Avaca inscription, is an ancient reliquary from the area of Bajaur in ancient Gandhara, in the present-day Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. It is dated to around 5–6 CE. It proves the involvement of the Scythian kings of the Apraca, in particular King Indravarman, in Buddhism. The casket is made of schist. The inscription which is written in Kharoshthi: The inscription was highly useful in clarifying the little-known Apraca dynasty.
VispavarmaVispavarma (Kharosthi: 𐨬𐨁𐨭𐨿𐨤𐨬𐨪𐨿𐨨 , ) or Visnuvarma (Kharosthi: 𐨬𐨁𐨮𐨸𐨂𐨬𐨪𐨿𐨨 , ; ruled circa 0-20 CE) was an Indo-Scythian king of the Apracas, who ruled in the area of Bajaur in modern northwestern Pakistan. His reign is known for sure to include the date of 6 CE, due to his description as king on the 5-6 CE Bajaur casket. Vispavarma is mainly known from a dedicatory Buddhist inscription by his son Indravarma, who mentions him as his father.
Indo-Scythesvignette|Carte du royaume Indo-Scythe en Inde à son apogée au Les Indo-Scythes sont une branche des Saces (Scythes) Indo-Européens des steppes eurasiennes qui ont migré de la Sibérie du sud en Bactriane, en Sogdiane, au Cachemire et finalement jusqu’en Arachosie puis en Inde, du milieu du au . Leur royaume s'étendit progressivement et temporairement sur les territoires actuels de l'Afghanistan, du Pakistan et une partie de l'Inde du Nord-Ouest – auparavant espace des royaumes indo-grecs – depuis le jusqu'à la fin du , époque où ils furent remplacés progressivement par les Indo-Parthes, lesquels fondèrent leur propre royaume.
