Fromo or Phromo Kesaro was a king of the Turk Shahis, a dynasty of Western Turk or mixed Western Turk-Hephthalite origin, who ruled from Kabul and Kapisa to Gandhara in the 7th to 9th centuries.
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![Bactrian script reading of "Fromo Kesaro" (ϕρoµo κησαρo, "Rome Caesar") on the coinage of the ruler, with Greek script and Latin script correspondence. The final "υ" after the name is the Greek genitive, i.e. "Of...".[1][2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Fromo_Kesaro_coin_with_name_on_coinage_%28Inscriptional_-_Bacrian_cursive_-_Greek_cursive_-Roman%29.jpg/1280px-Fromo_Kesaro_coin_with_name_on_coinage_%28Inscriptional_-_Bacrian_cursive_-_Greek_cursive_-Roman%29.jpg)
Bactrian script reading of "Fromo Kesaro" (ϕρoµo κησαρo, "Rome Caesar") on the coinage of the ruler, with Greek script and Latin script correspondence. The final "υ" after the name is the Greek genitive, i.e. "Of...".[1][2]
Fromo Kesaro in a mural depicting the Tibetan Epic of King Gesar.![Sasanian drachm with Fromo Kesaro obverse and reverse rim overstrike in Bactrian.[13][14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sasanian_drachm_with_Phromo_kesaro_Bactrian_legend_overstrike.jpg/500px-Sasanian_drachm_with_Phromo_kesaro_Bactrian_legend_overstrike.jpg)
Sasanian drachm with Fromo Kesaro obverse and reverse rim overstrike in Bactrian.[13][14]
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Fromo or Phromo Kesaro was a king of the Turk Shahis, a dynasty of Western Turk or mixed Western Turk-Hephthalite origin, who ruled from Kabul and Kapisa to Gandhara in the 7th to 9th centuries. In Chinese sources "Fromo Kesaro" was transcribed 拂菻罽娑, "Fulin" ([[wikt:拂菻|拂菻]]) being the standard Tang dynasty name for "Byzantine Empire".
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