Silver coin of Chashtana, with ruler profile and Greek script legend ΡΑΝΝΙω ΙΑΤΡΑΠΑϹ ϹΙΑϹΤΑΝϹΑ.[2] British Museum.
Reign
78-130 CE
Predecessor
Nahapana
Successor
Jayadaman
Dynasty
Kardamaka (Western Satrap)
Statue of Chastana Mathura Museum
Inscribed statue of Saka King Chastana, with inscription "Shastana" (Middle Brahmi script: Sha-sta-na).[3] Kushan Period.
Coin of Chastana, found in Junagadh.
Chashtana (Greek: ϹιαϲτανϲαςSiastansas (epigraphic),[2]ΤιαστανηςTiastanēs;[4] Brahmi: Ca-ṣṭa-naCaṣṭana; Kharosthi: 𐨖𐨛𐨞Cha-ṭha-ṇa, Chaṭhaṇa[5]) was a ruler of the Saka Western Satraps in northwestern India during 78-130 CE, when he was the satrap of Ujjain.[6]
^Burgess 1880, p. 189.
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^Claudius Ptolemy (c. 150). "1". Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις [Geographical Guidance] (in Ancient Greek). Vol. 7. Alexandria.
^Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin: July 1980. Seaby Publications Ltd. 1980. p. 219.
^Elizabeth Errington, Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, ed. (2007). From Persepolis to the Punjab. British Museum Press. ISBN 9780714111650.
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Sha-sta-na).[3] Kushan Period.
Sha-sta-na).[3] Kushan Period.
Ca-ṣṭa-na Caṣṭana; Kharosthi: 𐨖𐨛𐨞 Cha-ṭha-ṇa, Chaṭhaṇa[5]) was a ruler of the Saka Western Satraps in northwestern India during 78-130 CE, when he was the satrap of Ujjain.[6]