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	[[Image:Coin of Bhumaka.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|Coin of Bhumaka.<br>'''Obv:'''Arrow, pellet, and thunderbolt. [[Kharoshthi]] inscription ''Chaharasada Chatrapasa Bhumakasa'': "Ksaharata Satrap Bhumaka".<br>''Rev:'' Capital of a pillar with seated lion with upraised paw, and wheel ([[dharmachakra]]). [[Brāhmī script\|Brahmi]] inscription: ''Kshaharatasa Kshatrapasa Bhumakasa''.]]		[[Image:Coin of Bhumaka.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|Coin of Bhumaka.<br>'''Obv:'''Arrow, pellet, and thunderbolt. [[Kharoshthi]] inscription ''Chaharasada Chatrapasa Bhumakasa'': "Ksaharata Satrap Bhumaka".<br>''Rev:'' Capital of a pillar with seated lion with upraised paw, and wheel ([[dharmachakra]]). [[Brāhmī script\|Brahmi]] inscription: ''Kshaharatasa Kshatrapasa Bhumakasa''.]]
	'''Bhumaka''' ([[Kharosthi]]: '''𐨧𐨂𐨨𐨐''' ''{{~~IAST~~\|Bhu-ma-ka}}'', ''{{~~IAST~~\|Bhu-ma-ka}}''; [[Brahmi]]: '''𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀓''' ''{{~~IAST~~\|Bhū-ma-ka}}'', ''{{~~IAST~~\|Bhū-ma-ka}}'';<ref>[[E. J. Rapson]], ''A Catalogue of Coins in the British Museum: Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Kṣatrapas, the Traikūṭaka Dynasty and the "Bodhi" Dynasty'', Trustees of the British Museum, 1908, p. 63-64</ref> ?–119 CE) was a [[Western Kshatrapa]] ruler of the early 2nd century CE.		'''Bhumaka''' ([[Kharosthi]]: '''{{lang\|pgd\|𐨧𐨂𐨨𐨐}}''' {{transl\|pgd\|Bhu-ma-ka}}, {{transl\|pgd\|Bhu-ma-ka}}; [[Brahmi]]: '''{{lang\|pra\|𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀓}}''' {{transl\|pra\|Bhū-ma-ka}}, {{transl\|pra\|Bhū-ma-ka}};<ref>[[E. J. Rapson]], ''A Catalogue of Coins in the British Museum: Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Kṣatrapas, the Traikūṭaka Dynasty and the "Bodhi" Dynasty'', Trustees of the British Museum, 1908, p. 63-64</ref> ?–119 CE) was a [[Western Kshatrapa]] ruler of the early 2nd century CE.
	He was the father of the great ruler [[Nahapana]], according to one of the latter's coins. He was preceded by [[Abhiraka]] (Aubhirakes), of whom a few coins are known.<ref>[http://www.onsnumis.org/articles/kshaharata.shtml "Kshaharata Questions"]</ref>		He was the father of the great ruler [[Nahapana]], according to one of the latter's coins. He was preceded by [[Abhiraka]] (Aubhirakes), of whom a few coins are known.<ref>[http://www.onsnumis.org/articles/kshaharata.shtml "Kshaharata Questions"]</ref>

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{{Short description|Early 2nd century Indo-Scythian Western Kshatrapa ruler}}
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[[Image:Coin of Bhumaka.jpg|thumb|350px|Coin of Bhumaka.<br>'''Obv:'''Arrow, pellet, and thunderbolt. [[Kharoshthi]] inscription ''Chaharasada Chatrapasa Bhumakasa'': "Ksaharata Satrap Bhumaka".<br>''Rev:'' Capital of a pillar with seated lion with upraised paw, and wheel ([[dharmachakra]]). [[Brāhmī script|Brahmi]] inscription: ''Kshaharatasa Kshatrapasa Bhumakasa''.]]
'''Bhumaka''' ([[Kharosthi]]: '''𐨧𐨂𐨨𐨐''' ''{{IAST|Bhu-ma-ka}}'', ''{{IAST|Bhu-ma-ka}}''; [[Brahmi]]: '''𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀓''' ''{{IAST|Bhū-ma-ka}}'', ''{{IAST|Bhū-ma-ka}}'';<ref>[[E. J. Rapson]], ''A Catalogue of Coins in the British Museum: Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Kṣatrapas, the Traikūṭaka Dynasty and the "Bodhi" Dynasty'', Trustees of the British Museum, 1908, p. 63-64</ref> ?–119 CE) was a [[Western Kshatrapa]] ruler of the early 2nd century CE.
He was the father of the great ruler [[Nahapana]], according to one of the latter's coins. He was preceded by [[Abhiraka]] (Aubhirakes), of whom a few coins are known.<ref>[http://www.onsnumis.org/articles/kshaharata.shtml "Kshaharata Questions"]</ref>

His coins bear [[Buddhist]] symbols, such as the eight-spoked wheel ([[dharmachakra]]), or the lion seated on a capital, a representation of a pillar of [[Ashoka]].

Bhumaka's coins have been found in the regions of [[Gujarat]], [[Kathiawad]] and [[Malwa]].<ref>Some Early Dynasties of South India by Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1974 [https://books.google.com/books?id=78I5lDHU2jQC&pg=PA54 p.54]</ref>

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