Catalog
1 Drachm - Amoghabhuti
| Issuer | Kuninda Kingdom (Western Himalayas) |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (200 BC to 100 BC) |
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| Reverse description | Central motif consists of a Buddhist stupa rendered as a six-arched hill, flanked by an Indradhvaja (standard of Indra) and surrounded by auxiliary sacred symbols including a swastika, a nandipada (bull's hoof print), and a railed tree (Bodhi tree enclosure). A river is depicted in the lower field beneath the stupa. The encircling Brahmi legend reads 'Rajnah Kunindasya Amoghabhutisya Maharajasya,' mirroring the obverse inscription. The composition reflects the syncretic Buddhist and Hindu iconographic vocabulary characteristic of Kuninda coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Kuninda Kingdom occupied the upper Beas and Sutlej valleys, a region that placed it at a commercial crossroads between the Indo-Greek kingdoms to the northwest and the expanding Sunga Empire to the southeast. Amoghabhuti is the only Kuninda ruler attested on coinage, and no inscription or literary source independently confirms his reign — the coins are essentially the sole historical record of his existence. That the series was struck in silver at a consistent weight standard suggests a functioning monetary economy, likely tied to trans-Himalayan trade rather than simple tribute collection.