Bhadayasa

Bhadayasa
Bhadayasa
	Coin of Northern Satrap Bhadayasa.; Obv:Greek legend BASILEWS SWTEROS ZLIIoY "Saviour King Zoilos", an imitation of the legend of Zoilos II; Rev:Maharajasa Tratarasa Bhadrayashasa, "Saviour king Bhadayasha"
Reign	35 CE
Religion	Buddhism

Coin of Bhradrayasha.

Bhadayasa, also Bhadrayasha (Kharosthi: 𐨧𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨩𐨭 Bha-dra-ya-śa, Bhadrayaśa), was a minor Indo-Scythian ruler in the areas of Eastern Punjab and Mathura in India, during the 1st century CE. He is considered one of the Northern Satraps.^[2]

He is mainly known through his coins, which are direct imitations of those of the Indo-Greek king Zoilos II, or the hypothetical Zoilos III.^[3]

Bhadayasa is generally considered a successor of Rajuvula in the Eastern Punjab. However, since his coinage is copied from Zoilos II or Zoilos III rather than the later Strato II or Strato III (whom Rajuvula imitated), Jakobsson places Bhadayasa before the rule of these last kings, around 35 BCE.^[4]

At around the same time, the Indo-Scythian ruler Sodasa, son of Rajuvula, ruled in Mathura.

Notes[edit]

↑ Senior ISCH vol. II, page 129.
↑ CNG Coins notice
↑ J. Jakobsson, “A Possible New Indo-Greek King Zoilos III, and an Analysis of Realism on Indo-Greek Royal Portraits” NC 170 (2010), pp. 37-40; Senior 160.2. [1]
↑ J. Jakobsson, “A Possible New Indo-Greek King Zoilos III, and an Analysis of Realism on Indo-Greek Royal Portraits” NC 170 (2010), pp. 38

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[1] Senior ISCH vol. II, page 129.

[2] CNG Coins notice

[3] J. Jakobsson, “A Possible New Indo-Greek King Zoilos III, and an Analysis of Realism on Indo-Greek Royal Portraits” NC 170 (2010), pp. 37-40; Senior 160.2. [1]

[4] J. Jakobsson, “A Possible New Indo-Greek King Zoilos III, and an Analysis of Realism on Indo-Greek Royal Portraits” NC 170 (2010), pp. 38

[5] From the dated inscription on the Rukhana reliquary

[6] An Inscribed Silver Buddhist Reliquary of the Time of King Kharaosta and Prince Indravarman, Richard Salomon, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 442 [2]

[7] A Kharosthī Reliquary Inscription of the Time of the Apraca Prince Visnuvarma, by Richard Salomon, South Asian Studies 11 1995, Pages 27-32, Published online: 09 Aug 2010 [3]

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