Kharahostes Satrap 20BC Indo Skythian Kingdom India Ancient Greek Coin i47085
Kharahostes Satrap 20BC Indo Skythian Kingdom India Ancient Greek Coin i47085
Kharahostes Satrap 20BC Indo Skythian Kingdom India Ancient Greek Coin i47085

Kharahostes Satrap 20BC Indo Skythian Kingdom India Ancient Greek Coin i47085

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Coin of:

Indo Skythian

Kingdom in

India
SATRAPS OF CENTRAL CHACH
Kharahostes (Satrap in Central Chach, circa 20-1 B.C.)
Square Bronze 25mm (7.54 grams) Uncertain mint in central Chach

Reference: HGC 12, 728; ISCH 2, 143
ΧΑΡΑΗШC / ΤΕΙ CAT / ΡΑΠΟΥ / APTA / YIOY, Armored
king holding lowered spear
on horse standing right; monogram to right.
Lion standing right; monogram above and X to right; Karosthi legend, (Chatrapasa
pra Kharostasa
Artasa putrasa [of Kharahostes the Satrap, son of Arta]).

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Authenticity.

Kharahostes or Kharaostasa was an
Indo-Scythian
ruler (probably a
satrap
) in the northern Indian subcontinent
around 10 BCE – 10 CE. He is known from his coins, often in the name of
Azes II
, and from an inscription on the
Mathura lion capital
.

Kharahostes’s own coins attest that he was the son of
Arta
. According to
F. W. Thomas
and Hendrik Willem Obbink, his
mother was
Nada Diaka
, who was the daughter of Ayasia
Kamuia. However, according to Sten Konow, Ayasia Kamuia, the chief queen of
Rajuvula
, was the daughter of Kharahostes.

Kharohostes’ coinage bear a dynastic mark (a circle within three pellets),
which is rather similar, although not identical, with the dynastic mark of the
Kushan
ruler
Kujula Kadphises
(three pellets joined
together), which has led to suggestions that they may have been contemporary
rulers.

Kharaosta of the Mathura lion capital inscriptions is usually identified with
the Satrap Kharaostas or Kharahostes. Kharaosta’s known coins are of two types,
presenting legends in
Greek
characters on the obverse and in
Kharoshthi
in the reverse.

The Greek and Kharoshthi legend in the coins runs thus:

Kharahostei satrapei Artauou’ : ‘Kṣatrapasa Pra Kharaoṣtasa Artasa Putrasa
(Of Satrap Kharaosta, son of Arta)  Some of his coins write “Ortas” in
place of “Artas”.

A recently discovered inscribed silver Buddhist reliquary, found in Shinkot
in Bajaur (Pakistan)
refers to a king “Kharayosta”, believed to belong to the final quarter of the
1st century BCE. This king Kharayosta has been identified with the “Yuvaraja
Kharosta” in the lion capital inscriptions and the Kharaostasa or Kharahostes of
the coins.

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