Patika Kusulaka

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Patika Kusulaka (Kharosthi: 𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆 𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆 Pa-ti-ko Ku-su-lu-ko, Patiko Kusuluko^[1]) was an Indo-Scythian satrap in the northwestern South Asia during the 1st century BCE.

Name[edit]

Patika Kusulaka's name appears on the Taxila copper plate as Patiko Kusuluko (𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆 𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆).^[1] This name is composed of: Patiko (𐨤𐨟𐨁𐨐𐨆), which is from the Saka name *Padika, meaning "leader";^[2] and of Kusuluko (𐨐𐨂𐨯𐨂𐨫𐨂𐨐𐨆), from Saka *Kuzulaka, meaning "striving, ambitious, energetic".^[2]

Reign[edit]

Patika Kusulaka is mentioned in the Taxila copper plate (British Museum).

He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital. He is also mentioned in the Taxila copper plate inscription (Konow 1929: 23-29), dated between 90 and 6 BCE. In the scroll Patika is said to be the son of the Satrap of Chukhsa, Liaka Kusuluka.

Zeionises (Jihonika) may have succeeded Patika around 20–40 CE.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Konow, Sten (1929). Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: with the Exception of Those of Aśoka. Kolkata: Government of India Central Publication Branch. p. 23-28, PLATE V.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Harmatta, János (1999). "Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms". In Harmatta, János; Puri, B. N.; Etemadi, G. F. (eds.). History of civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. p. 410. ISBN 978-8-120-81408-0.

External links[edit]

Dates for Kanishka and the Indo-Scythians

[Konow-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Konow, Sten (1929). Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: with the Exception of Those of Aśoka. Kolkata: Government of India Central Publication Branch. p. 23-28, PLATE V.

[Harmatta-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Harmatta, János (1999). "Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms". In Harmatta, János; Puri, B. N.; Etemadi, G. F. (eds.). History of civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. 2. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House. p. 410. ISBN 978-8-120-81408-0.

[3] From the dated inscription on the Rukhana reliquary

[4] 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 [1]

[5] 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 [2]

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