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	[[File:Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman (portion).jpg\|thumb\|Tushaspa is mentioned in [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]] (150 CE).]]		[[File:Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman (portion).jpg\|thumb\|Tushaspa is mentioned in [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]] (150 CE).]]
	'''Tushaspa''' ([[Brahmi script\|Brahmi]]: ~~''Tuṣāspa''~~) was a "[[Yavana]][[raja]]" (Greek King or Governor) for Emperor [[Ashoka]], in the area of [[Girnar]], near [[Junagadh]], in [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref name="HOI"/> He is only known from the [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]], in which the [[Western Satrap]] king [[Rudradaman]], writing circa 150 CE, mentions his role in the construction of a local dam, in which he added a canal during the reign of [[Ashoka]].<ref name="HOI"/> The part of the inscription mentioning him reads:		'''Tushaspa''' ([[Brahmi script\|Brahmi]]: {{Transliteration\|sa\|Tuṣāspha}}) was a "[[Yavana]][[raja]]" (Greek King or Governor) for Emperor [[Ashoka]], in the area of [[Girnar]], near [[Junagadh]], in [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref name="HOI"/> He is only known from the [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]], in which the [[Western Satrap]] king [[Rudradaman]], writing circa 150 CE, mentions his role in the construction of a local dam, in which he added a canal through [[Sudarshana Lake]] during the reign of [[Ashoka]].<ref name="HOI"/> The part of the inscription mentioning him reads:

	{{~~quote~~\|"(L.8) (The dam was) ordered to be made by the Vaishya Pushyagupta, the provincial governor of the Maurya king [[Chandragupta Maurya\|Chandragupta]]; adorned with conduits for [[Ashoka]] the Maurya by the [[Yavana]] king Tushaspa while governing; and by the conduit ordered to be made by him, constructed in a manner worthy of a king (and) seen in that breach, the extensive dam..."		{{blockquote\|"(L.8) (The dam was) ordered to be made by the Vaishya Pushyagupta, the provincial governor of the Maurya king [[Chandragupta Maurya\|Chandragupta]]; adorned with conduits for [[Ashoka]] the Maurya by the [[Yavana]] king Tushaspa while governing; and by the conduit ordered to be made by him, constructed in a manner worthy of a king (and) seen in that breach, the extensive dam..."
	\|[[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]]<ref>Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VIII. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1905-6, 45-49</ref><ref name="WB">[http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm "Junagadh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman", ''Project South Asia''.]{{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223182107/http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm \|date=23 February 2009 }}</ref>}}		\|[[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]]<ref>Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VIII. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1905-6, 45-49</ref><ref name="WB">[http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm "Junagadh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman", ''Project South Asia''.]{{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223182107/http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm \|date=23 February 2009 }}</ref>}}

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	Ashoka is known to have mentioned the presence of "Yavanas" in his kingdom in several of his [[Edicts of Ashoka]]:		Ashoka is known to have mentioned the presence of "Yavanas" in his kingdom in several of his [[Edicts of Ashoka]]:

	{{~~quote~~\|"Here in the king's domain among the [[Yavana\|Greeks]], the [[Kambojas]], the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the [[Satavahanas\|Andhras]] and the [[Paradas\|Palidas]], everywhere people are following Beloved-Servant-of-the-Gods's instructions in Dhamma".\|Rock Edict ~~Nb13~~ (Translated by S. Dhammika)}}		{{blockquote\|"Here in the king's domain among the [[Yavana\|Greeks]], the [[Kambojas]], the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the [[Satavahanas\|Andhras]] and the [[Paradas\|Palidas]], everywhere people are following Beloved-Servant-of-the-Gods's instructions in Dhamma".\|Rock Edict No.13 (Translated by S. Dhammika)}}

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:3rd-century BC Greek people]]		[[Category:3rd-century BC Greek people]]
			[[Category:People from the Maurya Empire]]

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	[[File:Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman (portion).jpg\|thumb\|Tushaspa is mentioned in [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]] (150 CE).]]		[[File:Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman (portion).jpg\|thumb\|Tushaspa is mentioned in [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]] (150 CE).]]
	'''Tushaspa''' ([[Brahmi script\|Brahmi]]: ''Tuṣāspa'') was a "[[Yavana]][[raja]]" (Greek King or Governor) for Emperor [[Ashoka]], in the area of [[Girnar]], near [[Junagadh]], in [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref name="HOI"/> He is only ~~know~~ from the [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]], in which the [[Western Satrap]] king [[Rudradaman]], writing circa 150 CE, mentions his role in the construction of a local dam, in which he added a canal during the reign of [[Ashoka]].<ref name="HOI"/> The part of the inscription mentioning him reads:		'''Tushaspa''' ([[Brahmi script\|Brahmi]]: ''Tuṣāspa'') was a "[[Yavana]][[raja]]" (Greek King or Governor) for Emperor [[Ashoka]], in the area of [[Girnar]], near [[Junagadh]], in [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref name="HOI"/> He is only known from the [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]], in which the [[Western Satrap]] king [[Rudradaman]], writing circa 150 CE, mentions his role in the construction of a local dam, in which he added a canal during the reign of [[Ashoka]].<ref name="HOI"/> The part of the inscription mentioning him reads:

	{{quote\|"(L.8) (The dam was) ordered to be made by the Vaishya Pushyagupta, the provincial governor of the Maurya king [[Chandragupta Maurya\|Chandragupta]]; adorned with conduits for [[Ashoka]] the Maurya by the [[Yavana]] king Tushaspa while governing; and by the conduit ordered to be made by him, constructed in a manner worthy of a king (and) seen in that breach, the extensive dam..."		{{quote\|"(L.8) (The dam was) ordered to be made by the Vaishya Pushyagupta, the provincial governor of the Maurya king [[Chandragupta Maurya\|Chandragupta]]; adorned with conduits for [[Ashoka]] the Maurya by the [[Yavana]] king Tushaspa while governing; and by the conduit ordered to be made by him, constructed in a manner worthy of a king (and) seen in that breach, the extensive dam..."

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[[File:Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman (portion).jpg|thumb|Tushaspa is mentioned in [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]] (150 CE).]]
'''Tushaspa''' ([[Brahmi script|Brahmi]]: ''Tuṣāspa'') was a "[[Yavana]][[raja]]" (Greek King or Governor) for Emperor [[Ashoka]], in the area of [[Girnar]], near [[Junagadh]], in [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref name="HOI"/> He is only know from the [[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]], in which the [[Western Satrap]] king [[Rudradaman]], writing circa 150 CE, mentions his role in the construction of a local dam, in which he added a canal during the reign of [[Ashoka]].<ref name="HOI"/> The part of the inscription mentioning him reads:

{{quote|"(L.8) (The dam was) ordered to be made by the Vaishya Pushyagupta, the provincial governor of the Maurya king [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]]; adorned with conduits for [[Ashoka]] the Maurya by the [[Yavana]] king Tushaspa while governing; and by the conduit ordered to be made by him, constructed in a manner worthy of a king (and) seen in that breach, the extensive dam..."
|[[Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman]]<ref>Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VIII. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1905-6, 45-49</ref><ref name="WB">[http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm "Junagadh Rock Inscription of Rudradaman", ''Project South Asia''.]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223182107/http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm |date=23 February 2009 }}</ref>}}

According to some authors, the name Tushaspa seems to be Persian rather than Greek.<ref name="HOI">A History of India, Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund, Routledge, 2016 [https://books.google.com/books?id=xYelDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 p.154]</ref> Other authors however, consider that he was [[Greco-Bactrian]], given his qualification as a "[[Yavana]]", the usual name for Greeks in the east.<ref>Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor, Charles Allen, Hachette UK, 2012 [https://books.google.com/books?id=K4vHjbUtf_4C&pg=PT129 p.129]</ref>

Ashoka is known to have mentioned the presence of "Yavanas" in his kingdom in several of his [[Edicts of Ashoka]]:

{{quote|"Here in the king's domain among the [[Yavana|Greeks]], the [[Kambojas]], the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the [[Satavahanas|Andhras]] and the [[Paradas|Palidas]], everywhere people are following Beloved-Servant-of-the-Gods's instructions in Dhamma".|Rock Edict Nb13 (Translated by S. Dhammika)}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indo-Greeks]]
[[Category:3rd-century BC Greek people]]

{{India-bio-stub}}