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'''Liaka Kusulaka''' (Greek: ΛΙΑΚΟ ΚΟΖΟΥΛΟ, on his coins) was an [[Indo-Scythian]] [[satrap]] of the area of [[Chukhsa]] in the northwestern [[South Asia]] during the 1st century BCE. |
'''Liaka Kusulaka''' (Greek: ΛΙΑΚΟ ΚΟΖΟΥΛΟ, on his coins) was an [[Indo-Scythian]] [[satrap]] of the area of [[Chukhsa]] in the northwestern [[South Asia]] during the 1st century BCE. |
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[[Image:TaxilaCopperPlate.JPG|thumb|Liaka Kusulaka is mentioned in the [[Taxila copper plate]] ([[British Museum]]).]] |
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He is mentioned in the [[Taxila copper plate]] inscription (Konow 1929: 23-29), dated between 90 and 6 BCE, as the father of [[Patika Kusulaka]], and is characterized as a "kshaharata" (also the name of the first dynasty of the [[Western Satraps]]) and as kshatrapa of Chukhsa. |
He is mentioned in the [[Taxila copper plate]] inscription (Konow 1929: 23-29), dated between 90 and 6 BCE, as the father of [[Patika Kusulaka]], and is characterized as a "kshaharata" (also the name of the first dynasty of the [[Western Satraps]]) and as kshatrapa of Chukhsa. |
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Revision as of 14:38, 24 June 2007
Liaka Kusulaka (Greek: ΛΙΑΚΟ ΚΟΖΟΥΛΟ, on his coins) was an Indo-Scythian satrap of the area of Chukhsa in the northwestern South Asia during the 1st century BCE.
He is mentioned in the Taxila copper plate inscription (Konow 1929: 23-29), dated between 90 and 6 BCE, as the father of Patika Kusulaka, and is characterized as a "kshaharata" (also the name of the first dynasty of the Western Satraps) and as kshatrapa of Chukhsa.
He minted coins which are direct imitations of the coins of Eucratides (King's head and Dioscuri), with his name inscribed "ΛΙΑΚΟ ΚΟΖΟΥΛΟ".
Interestingly, the name "ΚΟΖΟΥΛΟ" was also used by the first Kushan ruler Kujula Kadphises, which may suggest some familly connection.[1]
Notes
- ^ Rapson, "Indian coins of the British Museum", p.cvi
References
- Rapson, "Indian coins of the British Museum"