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'''Sarpamitra''' (also known as ''Sapamita'') was a king of [[Kosambi]] in [[India]]. He was part of the [[Mitra dynasty (Kosambi)|Mitra dynasty]] of Kosambi.<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> | '''Sarpamitra''' (also known as ''Sapamita'') was a king of [[Kosambi]] in [[India]]. He was part of the [[Mitra dynasty (Kosambi)|Mitra dynasty]] of Kosambi.<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> | ||
He may have ruled somewhere around the 1st century BCE or the 1st century CE.<ref name="Gyani"/> | He may have ruled somewhere around the 1st century BCE or the 1st century CE.<ref name="Gyani">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78739|title=The Journal Of The Numismatic Society Of India Vol 3 Amp 4|date=25 March 1941|via=Internet Archive|pages=135–136}}</ref> | ||
==Name== | ==Name== | ||
Many of the rulers of Mitra dynasty bear the suffix "-mitra" in their names.<ref name="Olivelle2006"/> The first part of his name, ''Sarpa-'', while rare is synonymous with ''[[Nāga|Naga]]''. Naga is a more common part in the names of monarchs in Northern and Southern India.<ref name="Gyani" | Many of the rulers of the [[Mitra dynasty (Kosambi)|Mitra dynasty]] bear the suffix "-mitra" in their names.<ref name="Olivelle2006"/> The first part of his name, ''Sarpa-'', while rare is synonymous with ''[[Nāga|Naga]]''. Naga is a more common part in the names of monarchs in Northern and Southern India.<ref name="Gyani"/> | ||
==Coins of Sarpamitra== | ==Coins of Sarpamitra== | ||
Latest revision as of 12:08, 9 September 2021
Sarpamitra (also known as Sapamita) was a king of Kosambi in India. He was part of the Mitra dynasty of Kosambi.[1]
He may have ruled somewhere around the 1st century BCE or the 1st century CE.[2]
Name[edit]
Many of the rulers of the Mitra dynasty bear the suffix "-mitra" in their names.[1] The first part of his name, Sarpa-, while rare is synonymous with Naga. Naga is a more common part in the names of monarchs in Northern and Southern India.[2]
Coins of Sarpamitra[edit]
Most rulers of the Mitra dynasty of Kosambi, except Radhamitra, have the symbol known as the tree-in-railing in their coins. Another common symbol is the Ujjain symbol.[3] Bull is a common animal to appear on the coinage of Kosambi of the era.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Patrick Olivelle (13 July 2006). Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE. Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-977507-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Journal Of The Numismatic Society Of India Vol 3 Amp 4". 25 March 1941. pp. 135–136 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Śrīrāma Goyala (1994). The Coinage of Ancient India. Kusumanjali Prakashan. p. 188.
- ↑ Wilfried Pieper (2013). Ancient Indian Coins Revisited. Classical Numismatic Group. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-0-9837652-6-4.
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