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| caption = Coin of Azilises, [[Gandhara]] mint<br />
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| reign = 57 – 35 BC<br />
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| successor = [[Azes II]]<br />
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'''Azilises''' ([[Greek alphabet|Greek]]: {{lang|grc|Αζιλίσης}} {{transl|grc|Azilísēs}}, {{lang|grc|ΑΖΙΛΙΣΟΥ}} {{transl|grc|Azilisou}} (epigraphic); [[Kharosthi]]: '''{{lang|pgd|𐨀𐨩𐨁𐨫𐨁𐨮}}''' {{transl|pgd|A-yi-li-ṣa}}, {{transl|pgd|Ayiliṣa}};<ref>Gardner, Percy, ''The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum'', p. 92-97</ref> both from [[Saka language|Saka]] {{lang|xsc|*Azalīźa}}, meaning "commander-in-chief"<ref>Harmatta, Janos 1999, ''Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka kingdoms'' in Harmatta, J, BNPuri and GF Etemadi (eds), History of civilizations of Central Asia,volume II, The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 BC to AD 250, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, p. 399.</ref>) was an [[Indo-Scythian]] king who ruled in the area of [[Gandhara]] circa 57-35 BCE.<br />
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==Coinage==<br />
Azilises issued some joint coins with [[Azes]], where Azes is presented as king on the obverse (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΙΛΙΣΟΥ), and Azilises is introduced as king on the obverse in [[kharoshthi]] ("Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayilisasa", "The great king, the king of kings, the great Azilises").<ref>"Coins of the Indo-Greeks", Mitchener p.132</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Yuezhi]]<br />
*[[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Indo-Greek Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Kushan Empire]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
* {{cite journal |last=Olbrycht|first=Marek Jan| title=The Sacral Kingship of the early Arsacids. I. Fire Cult and Kingly Glory|date=2016|pages=91–106|url=https://www.academia.edu/33754166|url-access=registration}}<br />
* ''The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies'' by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) {{ISBN|1-58115-203-5}}<br />
* ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Azilises Coins of Azilises]<br />
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