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

Vijayamitra was an Indo-Scythian king of the Apracas in Bajaur, western Pakistan. He is mentioned in a recently discovered inscription in Kharoshthi on a Buddhist reliquary (published by Salomon in 2005), 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]

Notes

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

References

Senior, R.C. (2006). Indo-Scythian coins and history. Volume IV. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. ISBN 0-9709268-6-3. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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

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 [[Image:AzesIITriratna.jpg|thumb|300px|Silver coin of Vijayamitra in the name of [[Azes]]. Buddhist [[triratna]] symbol in the left field on the reverse.]]
-'''Vijayamitra''' was an [[Indo-Scythian]] king of the [[Apraca]]s in [[Bajaur]], western [[Pakistan]]. He is mentioned in a recently{{when|date=July 2016}} discovered inscription in [[Kharoshthi]] on a [[Buddhist]] reliquary, which gives a relationship between several eras of the period:
+'''Vijayamitra''' was an [[Indo-Scythian]] king of the [[Apraca]]s in [[Bajaur]], western [[Pakistan]]. He is mentioned in a recently discovered inscription in [[Kharoshthi]] on a [[Buddhist]] reliquary  (published by Salomon in 2005), 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."<ref>"Afghanistan, carrefour en l'Est et l'Ouest" p.373. Also Senior 2003</ref>