Oesho

Oesho was a deity represented on the coins of several Kushan kings, and was apparently one of the titular deities of the dynasty.

The deity is considered to be identical with I'sha, and "Oesho" would just be the pronunciation of Iswara's name in the Bactrian language of the Kushans.^[2]^[3] Oesho is depicted with a trident similar to the trident of Poseidon. ^[4]

Notes

^ Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition
^ The Dynasty Arts of the Kushans. University of California Press. 1967. pp. 92–93. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ Blurton, T. Richard (1993). Hindu Art. Harvard University Press. p. 84. ISBN 0-674-39189-6.
^ Coins of Vima Kadphises

References

Bopearachchi, Osmund (2003). De l'Indus à l'Oxus, Archéologie de l'Asie Centrale (in French). Lattes: Association imago-musée de Lattes. ISBN 2-9516679-2-2. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition

[2] The Dynasty Arts of the Kushans. University of California Press. 1967. pp. 92–93. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[3] Blurton, T. Richard (1993). Hindu Art. Harvard University Press. p. 84. ISBN 0-674-39189-6.

[4] Coins of Vima Kadphises

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