in Greek dress in mythological scenes, but a few of them represent people in Parthian dress (head-bands over bushy hair, crossed-over jacket on a bare chest, jewelry, belt, baggy trousers). A palette from the Naprstek Museum in Prague shows an Indo-Parthian king seated crossed-legged on a large sofa, surrounded by two attendants also in Parthian dress. They are shown drinking and serving wine. Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Some pockets of Parthian rule remained in the East, even after the takeover by the Sassanids in 226. From the 2nd century several Central-Asian Buddhist missionaries appeared in the Chinese capital cities of Loyang and sometimes Nanjing, where they particularly distinguished themselves by their translation work. The first known translators of Buddhist texts into Chinese are actually Parthian missionaries, distinguished in Chinese by their Parthian surname "An", for "Anshi", "country of the Arsacids". An Shih Kao, was a Parthian prince, who made the first known translations of Hinayana Buddhist texts into Chinese (148–170). An Hsuan, was a Parthian merchant who became a monk in China 181 AD. Tan-ti (c. 254), a Parthian monk. An Fajin (281–306), a monk of Parthian origins. Main Indo-Parthian rulers Gondophares I (c. 19 – 46) Coin Gondophares II Sarpedones (first years AD – c. 20 AD)Coin Abdagases I (first years AD – mid-1st century AD) Coin Gondophares III Gudana, previously Orthagnes (c. 20 AD – 30 AD) Gondophares IV Sases, (mid-1st century AD) Ubouzanes, (late-1st century AD) Pacores (late 1st century AD) Coin See also Indo-Greek Kingdom Indo-Sasanians Indo-Scythians Kushan Empire Yuezhi Pahlavas Kambojas Notes References Sources External links Coins of the Indo-Parthians History of Greco-India Parthian Empire 10s establishments 220s disestablishments 1st-century BC establishments States and territories established in the 1st century BC States and territories disestablished in the 2nd century Former kingdoms