Silver coin of the Kuninda Kingdom, c. 1st century BCE. These coins followed the Indo-Greek module.[1] Obv: Deer standing right, crowned by two cobras, attended by Lakshmi holding a lotus flower. Legend in Prakrit (Brahmi script, from left to right): Rajnah Kunindasya Amoghabhutisya maharajasya ("Great King Amoghabhuti, of the Kunindas"). Rev: Stupa surmounted by the Buddhist symbol triratna, and surrounded by a swastika, a "Y" symbol, and a tree in railing. Legend in Kharoshti script, from right to left: Rana Kunidasa Amoghabhutisa Maharajasa, ("Great King Amoghabhuti, of the Kunindas").
South Asia 150 BCE
SATAVAHANAS
MAHAMEGHA- VAHANAS
SAMATATAS
AUDUMBARAS
YAUDHEYAS
PAURAVAS
VRISHNIS
KUNINDAS
INDO- GREEKS
GRECO- BACTRIANS
MITRAS
ARJUNAYANAS
MALAVAS
SHUNGAS
PANDYAS
CHOLAS
CHERAS
LOULAN
HAN DYNASTY
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Location on the Kunindas and contemporary South Asian polities circa 150 CE.[2]
Location of Kuninda relative to other groups: the Audumbaras, the Vemakas, the Vrishnis, the Yaudheyas, the Pauravas and the Arjunayanas.
Government
Monarchy
History
• Established
Before 2nd century BCE
• Disestablished
3rd century
Succeeded by
Gupta Empire
Today part of
India Nepal
The Kingdom of Kuninda (or Kulinda in ancient literature) was an ancient central Himalayan kingdom documented from around the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century, located in the southern areas of modern Himachal Pradesh and far western areas of Uttarakhand in northern India and Doti Gadwall in Nepal.
^"A Maharaja named Amoghabhuti, who was the Raja of the Kunindas, is known from coins of the Indo-Greek module with legends sometimes in both Brahmi and Kharoshthi, but in some cases in Brahmi only." in The History and Culture of the Indian People, Volume 2 by Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, 1951, page 161
^Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 145, map XIV.1 (d). ISBN 0226742210.
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