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'''Brihaspatimitra''' ({{IAST|Bṛihaspatimitra}}), also known as ''Bahasatimita'' and ''Bahasatimitra'', was a king of [[Kosambi]] in [[India]]. He was part of the [[Mitra dynasty (Kosambi)|Mitra dynasty]] of Kosambi. His reign is estimated to be around mid 1st century BCE.<ref name="pandey">{{citation |first=M.S. |last=Pandey|title=THE ORIGIN AND TERRITORIAL EXTENSION OF THE MITRA KINGS |year=1967 |jstor=44155471 }}</ref><br />
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==Name==<br />
Many of the rulers of Mitra dynasty bear the suffix "-mitra" in their names.<ref name="pandey"/><br />
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==Extent of rule==<br />
{{Further|Minor Inscriptions of Kharavela|Hathigumpha inscription}}<br />
Brhaspatimitra has been called ''Magadharaja'', a king of [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]], in [[Minor Inscriptions of Kharavela|Kharavela's Hathigumpha inscription]] (that is related to [[Hathigumpha inscription]]). If the Brhaspatimitra mentioned in the inscription is the same king as the Brhaspatimitra of Mitra dynasty, then that would mean that the dynasty held a considerable influence in the region surrounding Kosambi. It is worth to note that there is numismatic evidence to support this theory, as Magadha is not known to not have produced any typical regional coinage unlike the contemporary Kosambi, [[Mathura]] or [[Panchala]].<ref name="Bajpai2004">{{cite book|author=K. D. Bajpai|title=Indian Numismatic Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=chGrJUMarHoC&pg=PA39|date=October 2004|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-035-8|pages=39–41}}</ref><br />
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==Coins of Brihaspatimitra==<br />
Most rulers of the Mitra dynasty of Kosambi, except [[Radhamitra]], have the symbol known as the tree-in-railing in their coins. Another common symbol is the [[Ujjain]] symbol.<ref name="Goyala1994">{{cite book|author=Śrīrāma Goyala|title=The Coinage of Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jVmAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Kusumanjali Prakashan|page=188}}</ref> [[Bull]] is a common animal to appear on the coinage of Kosambi of the era.<ref name="Pieper2013">{{cite book|author=Wilfried Pieper|title=Ancient Indian Coins Revisited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdLvjgEACAAJ|year=2013|publisher=Classical Numismatic Group|isbn=978-0-9837652-6-4|pages=95–96}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1st-century BC Indian monarchs]]<br />
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