Kipunada

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Kipunada
Kushan Ruler
Kipunada.jpg
Coin of Kipunada. Circa 335-350 CE.
Obverse: Kipunada standing left, sacrificing over altar. To the right, name vertically in Brahmi script in monogrammic form: Ki-pu-ṇa Gupta ashoka ki.jpgGupta ashoka pu.jpgGupta gujarat nn.svg.
Under the ruler's arm: Bacharnatha Gupta ashoka b.svgGupta ashoka c.svgGupta ashoka r.svgGupta ashoka n.svgGupta ashoka th.svg.
Reverse: Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding investiture garland and cornucopia.[1]
Reign335-350 CE[2]
PredecessorShaka I
SuccessorKidarites

Template:Kushan rulers Kipunada (Brahmi script: Gupta ashoka ki.jpgGupta ashoka pu.jpgGupta gujarat nn.svgGupta gujarat dh.svg Ki-pu-ṇa-dha), also Kipanadha, was probably the last ruler of the Kushan Empire around 335-350 CE.[2] He is known for his gold coinage.[3] He succeeded Shaka I. Kipunada was probably only a local ruler in the area of Taxila, in western Punjab, and he may have been a subject of Gupta Emperor Samudragupta.[4]

Gupta and Kidarite successors[edit]

The coins of Kipunada in Central and Western Punjab were followed by peculiar coins minted locally in Punjab, with the name "Samudra" on them (Gupta script:Gupta ashoka s.svgGupta allahabad mu.jpgGupta allahabad dr.jpg), presumably connected to the Gupta Empire ruler Samudragupta.[5][6] Soon after this, coinage was issued in Punjab by Kidarite Hun rulers known as Kirada, Peroz and then the famous Kidara, who occupied the territory formerly held by the Kushans.[5][6][7]

Preceded by
Shaka I
Kushan Ruler
c.335-350 CE[2]
Succeeded by
Gupta Empire/
Kidarites
(Kirada)

Template:Kushans

Notes[edit]

  1. CNG Coins
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cribb, Joe; Donovan, Peter (2014). Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins A Catalogue of Coins From the American Numismatic Society by David Jongeward and Joe Cribb with Peter Donovan. p. 4.
  3. Heritage World Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Auction Catalog #378. Ivy Press. May 2005. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-932899-79-5.
  4. Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). From the Kushans to the Western Turks. p. 203.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Cribb, Joe. "The Kidarites, the numismatic evidence.pdf". Coins, Art and Chronology II, Edited by M. Alram et Al.: 101.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "In the Punjab the stylistic progression of the gold series from Kushan to Kidarite is clear: imitation staters were issued first in the name of Samudragupta, then by Kirada, 'Peroz' and finally Kidara" in Errington, Elizabeth; Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (2007). From Persepolis to the Punjab: Exploring Ancient Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. British Museum Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7141-1165-0.
  7. Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-4744-0030-5.

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