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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">{{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>
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==

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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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Śrīrāma Goyala (1994). The Coinage of Ancient India. Kusumanjali Prakashan. p. 188.
  4. ↑ Wilfried Pieper (2013). Ancient Indian Coins Revisited. Classical Numismatic Group. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-0-9837652-6-4.