Coin of Zeionises (c. 10 BCE – 10 CE). Obv: King on horseback holding whip, with bow behind. Corrupted Greek legend MANNOLOU UIOU SATRAPY ZEIONISOU "Satrap Zeionises, son of Manigula". Buddhist Triratna symbol. Rev: King on the left, receiving a crown from a city goddess holding a cornucopia. Kharoshthi legend MANIGULASA CHATRAPASA PUTRASA CHATRAPASA JIHUNIASA "Satrap Zeionises, son of Satrap Manigul". South Chach mint.
Zeionises (Greek: ΖειονίσηςZeionísēs, ΖΕΙΟΝΙϹΟΥZeionisou (epigraphic); Kharosthi: 𐨗𐨁𐨱𐨂𐨣𐨁𐨀Ji-hu-ni-a, Jihunia,[1]𐨗𐨁𐨱𐨆𐨞𐨁𐨐Ji-ho-ṇi-ka, Jihoṇika;[2]) was an Indo-Scythian satrap.
^Gardner, Percy (1886). The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum. London: Gilbert & Rivington Ltd. pp. 110-111. ISBN 978-0-900-83452-3.
^Konow, Sten (1929). Kharoshṭhī Inscriptions: with the Exception of Those of Aśoka. Kolkata: Government of India Central Publication Branch. p. 82, PLATE XVI.
decorative purposes. The same association was made later on coins of Zeionises or Vima Kadphises. The Nandipada also appears in Buddhist and Jain art...
respective invasions of India. A silver jug found at Taxila indicates that Zeionises was the "satrap of Chuksa, son of Manigula, brother of the great king"...
a horse, on one of his silver tetradrachms, minted in Gandhara Reign Scythians: perhaps 35–12 BC Predecessor Azilises Successor Zeionises/Kharahostes...
Indo-Scythian ruler Liaka Kusulaka. A silver jug found at Taxila indicates that Zeionises was the "satrap of Chuksa, son of Manigula, brother of the great king"...
humped bull in Hinduism. The same association was made later on coins of Zeionises or Vima Kadphises. The elephant, pendant to the bull, and shown with a...
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