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| name =Mahi
| title =[[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] emperor
| image =[[File:Mahi Kushan 4th century CE.jpg|270px]]
| caption =Coinage of Mahi, {{Circa|300}}–305 CE. '''''Obverse:''''' King standing facing, head left, holding trident and banner, altar before. His name [[File:Gupta_ashoka_m.svg|14px]][[File:Gupta_ashoka_hi.jpg|22px]] ''Ma-hi'' in the [[Brahmi script]] appears vertically to the right. Legend around in [[Greco-Bactrian script]]. '''''Reverse:''''' [[Ardoxsho]] enthroned, holding filleted investiture garland and [[cornucopia]]; tamgha to upper left.<ref>[https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=370575 CNG Coins]</ref>
| reign =300–305 CE
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'''Mahi''' ([[Brahmi script]]: [[File:Gupta_ashoka_m.svg|14px]][[File:Gupta_ashoka_hi.jpg|22px]] ''Ma-hi'') was a [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] ruler, whose reign is dated to circa 300–305 CE.<ref name="Donovan"/> He probably succeeded [[Vasudeva II]], and his successor was [[Shaka (Kushan)|Shaka]].<ref name="Donovan">{{cite book |last1=Cribb |first1=Joe |last2=Donovan |first2=Peter |title=Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins A Catalogue of Coins From the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan |date=2014 |page=4 |url=https://www.academia.edu/11049999 |language=en}}</ref> Mahi was among the last Kushan Emperors, before they were overrun by the [[Kidarites]].<ref name="KR">{{cite book |last1=Rezakhani |first1=Khodadad |title=ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity |date=2017 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=9781474400305 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjRWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 |language=en}}</ref>

Mahi, like the last few Kushan rulers, ruled in [[Gandhara]] in the area of [[Taxila]], probably under the suzerainty of [[Gupta Empire]] rulers, particularly [[Samudragupta]].<ref name="KR"/> Their coinage reflected the great Kushan tradition, but the value had been much reduced.<ref name="KR"/>

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[[Category:Kushan emperors]]
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