Varahran Kushanshah
Obv: King Varhran I with characteristic head-dress.
Rev: Shiva with bull Nanda, in Kushan style.
Bahram Kushanshah (fl. 350-365 CE), also Bahram of Gandhara, name also spelled Varahran, was one of the very last kings, or "Kushanshah", of the Indo-Sasanians.[2][3] He was succeeded by the Hunnic Kidarites who then ruled for nearly two centuries in northwestern India.[4][5]
The coinage of Bahram Kushanshah was an inspiration for his successor Kidara I.
References
- ^ CNG Coin [1]
- ^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Ahmad Hasan Dani, B. A. Litvinsky, Unesco p.105
- ^ Numismatic Evidence for Kushano-Sasanian Chronology Joe Cribb 1990 p.171
- ^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Ahmad Hasan Dani, B. A. Litvinsky, Unesco p.38 sq
- ^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Ahmad Hasan Dani, B. A. Litvinsky, Unesco p.119 sq