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| name =Shaka
| title =[[Kushan]] emperor
| image =[[File:Kushan Empire Shaka Circa AD 325-345.jpg|270px]]
| caption =Kushan Empire Shaka Circa AD 325-345.<br>'''''Obverse''''': King Shakā making a sacrifice over an altar. To the right of the altar: [[File:Gupta allahabad vi.jpg|12px]] ''Vi''. The name of the ruler appears vertically to the right of the king in [[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta gujarat ss.svg|16px]][[File:Gupta ashoka kaa.svg|16px]] ''Sha-kā''. Under the arm of the ruler, also in [[Brahmi script]]: <sup>[[File:Gupta ashoka si.jpg|18px]]</sup>[[File:Gupta ashoka t.svg|16px]] ''Si-ta''.Traces of [[Greco-Bactrian]] legend around.<br> '''''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>
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'''Shaka''' ([[Gupta script]]: [[File:Gupta gujarat ss.svg|16px]][[File:Gupta ashoka kaa.svg|16px]] ''Sha-kā'') may have been one of the last rulers of the [[Kushan Empire]] around 325-345.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=chGrJUMarHoC&pg=PA112 '' Indian Numismatic Studies'' K. D. Bajpai p.112]</ref> He may have succeeded [[Vasudeva II]]. There is a group of Kushan gold coins that all carry the Brahmi legend ''Shaka'' in the right field, in the same place where [[Vasudeva II]]'s coins read ''Vasu'', so it is natural to suppose that perhaps Shaka was the name of the king who issued these coins. A further support for this idea is that there is a mention of one "Devaputra Shahi Shahanshahi Shaka Murunda" in [[Samudragupta]]'s famous [[Allahabad inscription]], as one of the rulers who paid him homage. In this context, Shaka could be a title, it could refer to a tribe, or it could be a personal name. In any case, it seems to be related to the Shaka coins. Unfortunately, we don't know the date of the Allahabad inscription, so the best guess on dating Shaka is c. mid-4th century.

Robert Göbl,<ref>Münzprägung des Kušānreiches, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984</ref> for instance, did not think Shaka was the name of a ruler; rather, he thought the coins were tribal issues, but Michael Mitchiner <ref>Oriental Coins and their Values: The Ancient and Classical World, London: Hawkins Publications, 1978</ref> and many other authors do think Shaka was a personal name.

The Shaha coins all have the goddess [[Ardoxsho]] on the reverse, whether many other Kushan rulers are known to have used [[Oesho]] (probably [[Shiva]] with his bull) on the reverse of their coins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Allen |first1=John |title=Catalogue of the coins of the Gupta dynasties |date=1914 |page=xxxviii |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.47214/page/n29}}</ref>

There are also sources who use the term Shaka-Kushan as a label for a historic period that began sometime between 78 A.D. and 128 A.D. This included the reign of rulers bearing the name of Vasudeva.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Combined modern, medieval, and ancient India|last=Digital Press|publisher=Digital Press|year=n.d.|pages=131}}</ref> It was associated with several excavated remains in northern India, which revealed building activities as well as artifacts like red polished pottery, ceramics, and terracotta figures.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihFUDAAAQBAJ|title=Ancient History of Central Asia: Yuezhi origin Royal Peoples: Kushana, Huna, Gurjar and Khazar Kingdoms|last=Katariya|first=Adesh|date=2007-11-25|publisher=Adesh Katariya|pages=129|language=en}}</ref> The discovered remains showed sophisticated construction practices like the use of burnt bricks for flooring and tiles for flooring and roofing. The wares, including some coins, found in the Shaka-Kushana sites were also found in several locations in [[Delhi]], Jhatikra Nahar near [[Najafgarh]], and Gordon Highlanders near Badli ki Sarai. Archaeologists believe that this indicates contact among these contemporary settlements or that these sites were under the sphere of influence of the Shaka-Kushana empire.<ref name=":0" />

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [http://coinindia.com/galleries-shaka.html Online catalogue of coins of Shaka]

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