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| name =Mujatria
| title =[[Indo-Scythian]] king
| image= [[File:Hajatria Northern Satrap.jpg|350px]]
| caption =<small>Coin of Mujatria. '''Obv.''' [[Azes]] riding, with Greek legend "ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΣ ΑΖΟΥ ("Great king of kings Azes") '''Rev.''' ''Kṣatrapasa Kharaosta putrasa Mujatriasa'', "Mujatria, son of Satrap Kharahostes", [[Herakles]] sitting.</small>
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[[File:Hajatria to left.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Mujatria in his own name.<br>'''Obv''' Blundered Greek legend with king on horse.<br>'''Rev''' Kharoshthi legend ''Kṣatrapasa Kharaosta putrasa Mujatriasa'' "Mujatria, son of the Satrap [[Kharahostes]].<ref>Dating and Locating Mujatria and the two Kharaostes, Joe Cribb, 2015, p.46-47, type 11a [https://www.academia.edu/15209723/DATING_AND_LOCATING_MUJATRIA_AND_THE_TWO_KHARAHOSTES]</ref>]]
[[File:Hajatria deity standing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Mujatria coin, deity standing.]]
[[File:Kharahostes Northern Satrap with Azes and Tyche Nandipada behind king.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|According to [[Joe Cribb]] (2015), this coin type, usually attributed to Kharahostes, may belong to his son Mujatria.<ref name="Cribb 43"/>]]
'''Mujatria''' ([[Kharosthi]]: '''{{lang|pgd|𐨨𐨂𐨗𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨀}}''' {{transl|pgd|Mu-ja-tri-a}}, {{transl|pgd|Mujatria}}), previously read '''Hajatria''' (ruled circa 10 CE, or 40-50 CE according to more recent research based on numismatics),<ref name="Cribb"/> is the name of an [[Indo-Scythian]] ruler, the son of [[Kharahostes]] as mentioned on his coins.<ref name="Cribb">Dating and Locating Mujatria and the two Kharaostes, Joe Cribb, 2015, p.27-48 [https://www.academia.edu/15209723/DATING_AND_LOCATING_MUJATRIA_AND_THE_TWO_KHARAHOSTES]</ref>

The archaeologists had discovered coins issued by a "son of [[Kharahostes]]," but the actual name of the person had been missing on these coins.<ref name="Taxila">{{cite book|title=Taxila|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NA3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA774|accessdate=8 March 2012|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=774–|id=GGKEY:U0HKEEZAW0R|year=1965}}</ref> The name of the ruler on the coins has finally been read as "Mujatria".<ref name="academia.edu">[https://www.academia.edu/15209723/DATING_AND_LOCATING_MUJATRIA_AND_THE_TWO_KHARAHOSTES Dating and Locating Mujatria and the two Kharaostes, Joe Cribb, 2015]</ref> His father [[Kharahostes]] is known through epigraphical evidence from inscribed reliquaries to have already been a king when the [[Apracaraja Indravarman's Silver Reliquary|Indravarman Silver Reliquary]] was dedicated, which is itself positioned with certainty before the 5-6 CE [[Bajaur casket]].<ref>An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Richard Salomon, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 442 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/605147?seq=25#page_scan_tab_contents]</ref> Therefore the rule of Kharahostes is usually estimated to 10 BCE- 10CE, which suggests Mujatria would have ruled circa 10 CE- 30 CE.

According to Sten Konow's study of the [[Mathura lion capital]], this person may have been Hayuara, who was the brother-in-law of [[Rajuvula]]. He ruled from around 10 CE as a satrap of the [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]] area. He is only known through his coins.

According to Joe Cribb however, the actual Mujiatria was located in the region of [[Jalalabad]] in eastern [[Afghanistan]] and lived in the later part of the 1st century CE.<ref>Dating and Locating Mujatria and the two Kharaostes, Joe Cribb, 2015, p.28-29 [https://www.academia.edu/15209723/DATING_AND_LOCATING_MUJATRIA_AND_THE_TWO_KHARAHOSTES]</ref>

A recent study (2015) by [[Joe Cribb]] suggests that the round debased silver coins with three-pellet symbols in the name of [[Azes II|Azes]], usually attributed to his father [[Kharahostes]], should actually be attributed to Mujatria.<ref name="Cribb 43">Dating and Locating Mujatria and the two Kharaostes, Joe Cribb, 2015, p.43-44, type 11a [https://www.academia.edu/15209723/DATING_AND_LOCATING_MUJATRIA_AND_THE_TWO_KHARAHOSTES]</ref> The [[Bimaran casket]] may therefore have been dedicated during the reign of Mujatria.<ref name="academia.edu"/>

Overstrikes of the [[Kushan]] ruler [[Wima Takto]] on Mujatria coins are known. This, together with various hoard finds, suggests the contemporaneity of Mujatria with the Kushan ruler [[Kujula Kadphises]], predecessor of Wima Takto, and the [[Indo-Scythian]] ruler [[Sasan (Apraca)|Sasan]].<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/15209723/DATING_AND_LOCATING_MUJATRIA_AND_THE_TWO_KHARAHOSTES "Dating and locating Mujatria and the two Kharahostes" Joe Cribb, p.29]</ref>

== References ==
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==See also==
*[[Yuezhi]]
*[[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]
*[[Indo-Greek Kingdom]]
*[[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]]
*[[Kushan Empire]]

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