Gondophares
（重定向自Gondophernes）
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Gondophares I was the founder of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom in what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan. He seems to have ruled c. 20–10 BCE according to modern research, and was originally likely a relative or vassal of the Apracas, ruling in Apracapura (Bajaur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan) and down in to Sistan (Balochistan).