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Æ unit - Karttikeya Single Headed
| Issuer | Tribal republic of Yaudheya (Punjab region) |
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| Year | 100-200 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Yaudheyas were a kshatriya republican confederation operating in the Punjab and Haryana region who managed to resist Kushana absorption far longer than most neighboring polities — their coins are among the clearest material evidence that the confederation maintained genuine political autonomy well into the second century. The single-headed Karttikeya type is the earlier of the two principal Karttikeya varieties issued by this tribe, preceding the more common multi-headed versions, and likely reflects an early phase of the cult's adoption as a dynastic or tribal emblem before the iconography elaborated.