Template:Infobox royalty Abhiraka (Greek: AYBIPAKOY, Brahmi: 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀭𑀓 Abhiraka), also Aubheraka, Aubhirakes, or formerly Aghudaka, was an Indo-Scythian king and a member of the Kshaharata dynasty of the Western Satraps circa 30 CE. He was the father of Bhumaka, and the grandfather of Nahapana.[1][2][3][4]
He is known through his coins, which are found in the northern Pakistan area of Chukhsa, and then later in the south, suggesting a southern migration at some point, possibly in search for trade. His coins have been found in Afghanistan and as far as Arab states of the Persian Gulf.[5][3] The coinage, reminiscent of the coinage of the Indo-Greeks, has on the obverse a winged Nike with Greek legend "CATRAPATOY CATRAΠOY AYBIPAKOY" ("Abhiraka, Satrap of the Satraps"), and the reverse shows a lion or a horse facing a wheel, with Brahmi or Kharoshthi legend around Khaharatasa Khatrapasa Abhirakasa jayatasa Abhirakasa" ("The Khsaharata Satrap Abhiraka, victory to Abhiraka").[6]
"Abhiraka" may also mean "member of the tribe of the Abhiras",[7] and a connection between "Abhiraka" and the tribe of the Abhiras has also been proposed.[8]
Notes
- ↑ Art and History: Texts, Contexts and Visual Representations in Ancient and Early Medieval India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bloomsbury Publishing(30 December 2021). ISBN 978-93-89611-89-2
- ↑ Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(2004)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge(29 November 2020). ISBN 978-1-351-61028-5
- ↑ Invisible Cultures: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge Scholars Publishing(2015). ISBN 978-1-4438-8415-0
- ↑ R.C. Senior, p.v
- ↑ Art and History: Texts, Contexts and Visual Representations in Ancient and Early Medieval India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bloomsbury Publishing(30 December 2021). ISBN 978-93-89611-89-2
- ↑ Glimpses of Sexual Life in Nanda-Maurya India: Translation of the Caturbhāṇī, Together with a Critical Edition of Text{{#if:Ghosh|, Ghosh}. Manisha Granthalaya, 1975(1975)
- ↑ Art and History: Texts, Contexts and Visual Representations in Ancient and Early Medieval India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bloomsbury Publishing(30 December 2021). ISBN 978-93-89611-89-2
References
- R.C. Senior, "Indo-Scythian coins and history", Volume IV.
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