Northern Satraps
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The Northern Satraps, or sometimes Satraps of Mathura, or Northern Sakas, are a dynasty of Indo-Scythian rulers who held sway over the area of Punjab and Mathura after the decline of the Indo-Greeks,
Coins of contemporary Indo-Greek ruler Strato (r.c. 25 BCE to 10 CE, top) and Indo-Scythian ruler of Mathura Rajuvula (r.c. 10 BCE to 10 CE, bottom) discovered together in a mound in Mathura. The coins of Rajuvula were derived from those of Strato.
Indo-Scythian ruler Rajuvula, from his coinage.
The Mathura lion capital, a dynastic production, advertising the rule of Rajuvula and his relatives, as well as their sponsorship of Buddhism. 2 BCE-6 CE.
Coin of Northern Satrap Bhadayasa. Obv:Greek legend BASILEWS SWTEROS ZLIIoY "Saviour King Zoilos", an imitation of the legend of Zoilos II Rev:Maharajasa Tratarasa Bhadrayashasa, "Saviour king Bhadayasha"
The Kankali Tila tablet of Sodasa, also called the Iryavati stone tablet, or Amohini ayagapata, is a large stone slab discovered in Kankali which mentions the rule of the Northern Satraps ruler Sodasa
The Kankali Tila tablet of Sodasa (photograph and drawing), with an inscription mentioning the year 42 of the reign of Northern Satraps ruler Sodasa.
Amohini relief, Mathura, circa 15 CE
The tablet was found in Kankali Tila, right outside Mathura.
Splayed pillar with recumbent lions and central palmette on the Amohini ayagapata Mathura (mirrored half portion), 15 CE