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Second Gonanda dynasty
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The Second Gonanda dynasty, was a Kashmiri Hindu dynasty. According to Kalhana, this dynasty ruled Kashmir just before the Karkotas.
Coinage of Pravarasena, supposed founder of Srinagar. Obverse: Standing Shiva with two figures seated below. Name "Pravarasena". Reverse: goddess seat
Coinage of Pravarasena, supposed founder of Srinagar. Obverse: Standing Shiva with two figures seated below. Name "Pravarasena". Reverse: goddess seated on a lion. Legend "Kidāra". Circa 6th-early 7th century CE.
Coin in the name of Sri Tujina. Circa 7th century CE, Kashmir. Obverse: King in Kushan style, legend to left: "Sri Tu[jina]". Reverse: goddess on a lo
Coin in the name of Sri Tujina. Circa 7th century CE, Kashmir. Obverse: King in Kushan style, legend to left: "Sri Tu[jina]". Reverse: goddess on a lotus, legend to left: "Jaya", to right: "Kidara".
Coin in the name of Śrī Toramaņa (the Kashmir ruler named Toramana).
Coin in the name of Śrī Toramaņa (the Kashmir ruler named Toramana).
Coinage of Meghavahana. Obverse: Shiva Pashupati ("Lord of the Beasts"), making a mudra gesture with right hand and holding filleted trident; behind,
Coinage of Meghavahana. Obverse: Shiva Pashupati ("Lord of the Beasts"), making a mudra gesture with right hand and holding filleted trident; behind, a lioness or tiger. Trace of legend Meghana... in Brahmi. Reverse: Goddess seated facing on lotus, holding lotus in both hand, Kidara monogram to left, Jaya in Brahmi to right.
Kushan Empire
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The Kushan Empire was a syncretic empire formed by the Yuezhi in the early 1st century CE. Initially based in the Bactrian territories, it spread to encompass much of what is now Afghanistan, India, P
Second Gonanda dynasty
…and Śrī Toramaņa (Toramana) — have been recently discovered. These coins are quite rare, made of copper, silver, or debased gold, and generally follow Kushan and Kidarite designs. They show on the obverse a standing Shiva figures, variously accompanied by animals or Gana attendants, with the name of the king…
Yuezhi nobleman and priest over a fire altar. Noin-Ula.
Yuezhi nobleman and priest over a fire altar. Noin-Ula.
The ethnonym "KOϷϷANO" (Koshshano, "Kushan") in Greek alphabet (with the addition of the letter Ϸ, "Sh") on a coin of the first known Kushan ruler Her
The ethnonym "KOϷϷANO" (Koshshano, "Kushan") in Greek alphabet (with the addition of the letter Ϸ, "Sh") on a coin of the first known Kushan ruler Heraios (1st century AD).
Head of a Yuezhi prince (Khalchayan palace, Uzbekistan)
Head of a Yuezhi prince (Khalchayan palace, Uzbekistan)
The first king to call himself "Kushan" on his coinage: Heraios (AD 1–30)
The first king to call himself "Kushan" on his coinage: Heraios (AD 1–30)