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| Huvishka | |||||
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| Kushan emperor | |||||
 Coin of Huvishka. Legend in Kushan language and Greek script (with the Kushan letter Ϸ "sh"): ϷΑΟΝΑΝΟϷΑΟ ΟΟΗϷΚΙ ΚΟϷΑΝΟ ("Shaonanoshao Ooishki Koshano"): "King of kings, Huvishka the Kushan". | |||||
| Reign | 150–190 CE | ||||
| Coronation | 150 CE | ||||
| Predecessor | Kanishka | ||||
| Successor | Vasudeva I | ||||
| Born | 130 AD Kabul | ||||
| Died | 190 AD (59 years) Kashmir | ||||
| Burial | 190 AD | ||||
| Spouse | Unknown | ||||
| Issue | Vasudeva I Kanishka II | ||||
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| House | Unknown | ||||
| Dynasty | Kushan Dynasty | ||||
| Father | Kanishka | ||||
| Mother | Unknown | ||||
| Religion | Shaivism[1][2] | ||||
Huvishka (Kushan: Οοηϸκι, Ooēški, Brahmi: 𑀳𑀼𑀯𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀓; Hu-vi-ṣka, Huviṣka;[3] Kharosthi: 𐨱𐨂𐨬𐨅𐨮𐨿𐨐 Hu-ve-ṣka, Huveṣka[4]) was the emperor of the Kushan Empire from the death of Kanishka (assumed on the best evidence available to be in 150 CE) until the succession of Vasudeva I about thirty years later.
His rule was a period of consolidation for the Empire. Huvishka's territory encompassed Balkh in Bactria to Mathura in India, locations where it is known that he minted his coinage. Gold coins and amulets in his effigy were found as far as Pataliputra and Bodh Gaya, including one such amulet as an offering under the Enlightenment Throne of the Buddha in Bodh Gaya, suggesting with other finds of Kushan coins in the area that Kushan rule may have extended this far east.[5] His reign seems to have been essentially peaceful, consolidating Kushan power in northern India, and moving the centre of the Kushan Empire to the southern capital city of Mathura.[6]
- ^ "Religions in the Kushan Empire | Silk Roads Programme". en.unesco.org. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
The epithet dhramathida-< dharmasthita- 'steadfast in the Law of Kujula Kadphises occurs in fuller form in the legend of a later issue, namely sacadhramathita- < satyadharmasthita- steadfast in the true Law'. Contrary to earlier assumptions, which regarded Kujula Kadphises as Buddhist on the basis of this epithet, it is now clear from the wording of a Mathura inscription, "in which Huvishka bears the same epithet satyadharmasthita that the kingdom was conferred upon him by Śarva and Ścamdavira (Candavīra), that is, he was a devotee of Śiva.
- ^ Umair Mirza (1 June 1994). History Of Civilizations Of Central Asia, Volume 2. p. 260.
- ^ Epigraphia Indica Vol 8. p. 182.
- ^ Konow, Sten, Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions with the Exception of Those of Aśoka, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. II, Part I. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, p. 167
- ^ Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad; Narain, Lala Aditya (1970). Pāṭaliputra Excavation, 1955-56. Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Bihar. pp. 52–53.
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