Double stater Vima Kadphises. Obverse: diademed and crowned figure of Vima Kadphises seated facing on stool with ornate legs, head left, feet on footstool, holding laurel branch in raised right hand. Corrupted Greek language legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΟΟΗΜΟ ΚΑΔΦΙϹΗϹ ("Basileus Ooimo Kadphisis"): "King Vima Kadphises". Afghanistan. Guimet Museum, MG24356
Reign
113–127 CE
Predecessor
Vima Takto
Successor
Kanishka
Dynasty
Kushan
Religion
Hinduism[1]
Statue of Vima Kadphises
Vima Kadphises (or possibly Vima Takto)[2] on throne. The name of the ruler is mentioned in an epigraphic inscription at the feet of the statue. The inscription reads:
Maharaja rajatiraja devaputra
Kushanaputra (Shahi Vamataksha) masya Vakanapatina Huma (devakulu) karita
Arama pushkarini udapana (cha) sa-da (kothako)[3]
Mathura Museum.
Vima Kadphises (Greek: Οοημο Καδφιϲηϲ Ooēmo Kadphisēs (epigraphic); Kharosthi: 𐨬𐨁𐨨 𐨐𐨫𐨿𐨤𐨁𐨭Vi-ma Ka-lpi-śa, Vima Kalpiśa) was a Kushan emperor from approximately 113 to 127 CE. According to the Rabatak inscription, he was the son of Vima Takto and the father of Kanishka.
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city of Toprak-Kala, together with coins of the Kushan Empire rulers VimaKadphises and Kanishka. Whitehead, R. B. (1947). "Notes on the Indo-Greeks: Part...
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Central Asia region. Particular mention could be made to the reign of VimaKadphises, during the Kushan Dynasty, who considered Shiva as his divine patron...
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17, 41–53 Perkins, J. (2007). Three-headed Śiva on the Reverse of VimaKadphises's Copper Coinage. South Asian Studies, 23(1), 31–37 Flood 2003, p. 205...
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in Mathura at the Temple of Mat together with the famous statues of VimaKadphises and Kanishka. The statue has the inscription "Shastana" (Middle Brahmi...
subdue Kashgar and its ally Sogdiana. When a request by Kushan ruler VimaKadphises (r. c. 90 – c. 100 AD) for a marriage alliance with the Han was rejected...
Bactrian inscription of Rabatak, with an Appendix on the names of Kujula Kadphises and Vima Taktu in Chinese." Proceedings of the Third European Conference of...
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