Vijayamitra

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Silver coin of Vijayamitra in the name of Azes II. Buddhist triratna symbol in the left field on the reverse.
Silver coin of Vijayamitra in the name of Azes II. Buddhist triratna symbol in the left field on the reverse.

Vijayamitra was an Indo-Scythian king of the Apracas in modern Pakistan. He is mentioned in a recently discovered inscription in Kharoshthi on a Buddhist reliquary, which gives a relationship between several eras of the period:

"In the twenty-seventh - 27 - year in the reign of Lord Vijayamitra, the King of the Apraca; in the seventy-third - 73 - year which is called "of Azes", in the two hundred and first - 201 - year of the Yonas (Greeks), on the eighth day of the month of Sravana; on this day was established [this] stupa by Rukhana, the wife of the King of Apraca, [and] by Vijayamitra, the king of Apraca, [and] by Indravarma (Indravasu?), the commander (stratega), [together] with their wives and sons."[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Afghanistan, carrefour en l'Est et l'Ouest" p.373. Also Senior 2003

[edit] References

  • Senior, R.C. (2006). Indo-Scythian coins and history. Volume IV. (in English). Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.. ISBN 0-9709268-6-3.