sentences:  He is essentially known through his coins and a few inscription.Asparvama was a son of Apraca king Indravarman, as known from an inscription discovered in Taxila, who himself is known to be the son of Vispavarma according to Indravarman's Silver Reliquary.Indravarman's Silver Reliquary, which is known for sure to be before the Bajaur casket, hence before 5-6 CE, and is therefore usually dated to the end of the 1st century BCE, describes Aspavarma's grandfather Vispavarma as a general, and not yet a king at that time.