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'''Radhamitra''' ({{IAST|Rādhāmitra}}), or '''Radhamita''', was a king of [[Kosambi]], the capital of one of the previously independent [[India]]n [[Mahajanapadas]] known before as [[Vatsa]]. He was part of the [[Mitra dynasty (Kosambi)|Mitra dynasty]],<ref name="Conference1988"/> and was likely one of the earliest kings in the dynasty.<ref name="Olivelle2006"/><ref name="BopearachchiPieper1998"/><br />
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It is likely that the Mitra dynasty started its independent rule in Vatsa after the [[Maurya Empire]] fragmented into many smaller states,<ref name="Conference1988">{{cite book|author=Indian History and Culture Society. Conference|title=Studies in Indian History and Culture: Anthology of Papers Presented at the 10th Annual Conference of Indian History and Culture Society Held at Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, During December 23-25, 1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYJDAAAAYAAJ|year=1988|publisher=The Bhavan|page=107}}</ref> or with the following weakening of the succeeding [[Shunga Empire]].<ref name="Mitchiner1978">{{cite book|author=Michael Mitchiner|title=The ancient & classical world, 600 B.C.-A.D. 650|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuQLAQAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Hawkins Publications; distributed by B. A. Seaby|isbn=978-0-904173-16-1|page=577}}</ref><br />
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Like with most other kings of the Mitra dynasty of Kosambi his name ends with ''mitra''.<ref name="Olivelle2006">{{cite book|author=Patrick Olivelle|title=Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&pg=PA85|date=13 July 2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-977507-1|page=85}}</ref><br />
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==Coins of Radhamitra==<br />
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Some of the coins of Radhamitra are known for their unusual [[hexagon]]al shape. They were manufactured by [[Casting (metalworking)|casting]], but they were made to closely resemble [[punch-marked coins]]. The civic coinage of Vatsa is known for their wide innovation in shapes of coins.<ref name="Olivelle2006"/><ref name="BopearachchiPieper1998">{{cite book|author1=Osmund Bopearachchi|author2=Wilfried Pieper|title=Ancient Indian coins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6UVmAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Brepols|isbn=978-2-503-50730-9|pages=55, 57, 154}}</ref><br />
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The symbols in one of his series of coins make a clear connection with other rulers of Kosambi such as [[Asvaghosa (ruler)|Asvaghosa]], [[Brhaspatimitra]], [[Agnimitra (Magha dynasty)|Agnimitra]], [[Sarpamitra]], [[Prajapatimitra]], [[Jyesthamitra]] and [[Prausthamitra]]. The coins cast by these rulers portray similar symbols in obverse and reverse sides of their coins. However, the exact chronology of these coins has not been extensively and conclusively studied yet. The civic coinage has been thought to precede the nominative coinage of the kings.<ref name="Olivelle2006"/><br />
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Coins of Radhamitra notably do not contain the symbol known as the tree-in-railing. All other rulers of Kosambi use the symbol in their coins.<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><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Udayana (king)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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