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Kharapallana

Kharapallana (Brahmi: , ; Greek: Ancient Greek: ) was an Indo-Scythian Northern Satrap who ruled around c. 130 CE.

Name

Kharapallana's name is attested in the Greek form () and in the Brahmi form , which are derived from the Saka name , meaning "splendid youth".

Reign

He is mentioned as a "Great Satrap" (Brahmi:<sub></sub>, Mahaká¹£atrapa, "Great Satrap") of Kushan ruler Kanishka I on an inscription discovered in Sarnath, and dated to the 3rd year of Kanishka (c. 130&nbsp;CE), in which Kanishka mentions he was, together with Satrap Vanaspara, governor of the eastern parts of his Empire.

The inscription was discovered on an early statue of a Boddhisattva, the Sarnath Bala Boddhisattva, now in the Sarnath Museum .

Vanaspara and Kharapallana were ruling for Kanishka over the eastern provinces of the Empire, including the Benares region.

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