Arta Kamuia (Kambojaka)

Arta (or Artas in Kharoshthi) was the elder brother of the well known Gandhara ruler Maues or Moga (Dr Stein Konow, Dr R. K. Mukerjee, Dr J. L. Kamboj). Buddhas First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. ... Silver tetradrachm of Maues. ... Silver tetradrachm of Maues. ...

Kharahostes’s own coins attest that Kshatrapa Kharaostes was the son of Artas (Arta): Coin of Kharahostes. ... 1¢ euro coin A coin is usually a piece of hard material, generally metal and usually in the shape of a disc, which is used as a form of money. ...

Kshatrapasa pra Kharaostasa Artasa putrasa (i.e. Kshatrapa Kharaosta, son of Arta)

The Inscriptions A and E on the Mathura Lion Capital style Kharaosta as Yuvaraya Kharaosta [1].

Based on the estimates of the ages of the various personages portrayed in Capital Inscriptions, Dr Stein Konow has determined that Yuvaraja Kharaosta Kamuia (i.e. son of Artas) was the father of Aiyasi Kamuia, the chief queen (Agra-Mahisi) of Saka Mahakshatrapa Rajuvula ( Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol II, part I, p 36 & XXXVI, Dr Stein Konow). See also: [2]. // Aiyasi Kamuia (Kambojaka) The Mathura Lion Capital Inscriptions discovered in 1896 from Saptarsi mound in the south-eastern part of Mathura city in Uttar Pradesh, India presently housed in the British Museum London, contains an epigraph in Kharoshthi characters, which refers to princess Aiyasi Kamuia as the chief queen (Agra... The word Queen ultimately derives from an Indo-European root *gwena (woman) via Old English cwén (woman, wife, queen). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Coin of Rajuvula. ...

Yuvaraja Kharaosta was the legitimate inheritor to the position as King of Kings for Gandhara kingdom after king Moga. Legitimacy is the popular acceptance of a governing regime or law. ... Silver tetradrachm of Maues. ...

Incidently, both, Arta (Kamuia) as well as his son Kharaosta Kamuio had died before king Moga, so that Kharaosta Kamuia could not assume the kingship of Gandhara as well as the title of King of Kings after king Moga. Coin of Kharahostes. ... Buddhas First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. ...

The vast empire of king Moga thus, went directly to the family of Saka Rajuvula after Moga's death. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Coin of Rajuvula. ...

No further information on Arta is yet available from any source.

See also

• Aiyasi Kamuia
• Kharaosta Kamuio
• Maues
• Kambojas
• Kamboja
• Parama-Kambojas
• Rishikas

// Aiyasi Kamuia (Kambojaka) The Mathura Lion Capital Inscriptions discovered in 1896 from Saptarsi mound in the south-eastern part of Mathura city in Uttar Pradesh, India presently housed in the British Museum London, contains an epigraph in Kharoshthi characters, which refers to princess Aiyasi Kamuia as the chief queen (Agra... Coin of Kharahostes. ... Silver tetradrachm of Maues. ... Kambojas are very ancient people of north-western parts of ancient India, frequently mentioned in ancient texts, although not in the Rig Veda. ... Look up Kamboja in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ancient Sanskrit literature reveals that like the Madras/Uttara Madras and the Kurus/Uttara Kurus, the ancient Kambojas also had, at least two settlements. ... There is mention of Rishikas in the Mahabharata, Brhat Samhita, Markendeya Purana and Ramayana etc. ...

See References

• Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol II, part I, Stein Konow (br)
• Journal of Bihar and Orissa Research society, Vol XVI, 1930, parts III, IV, Dr K. P. Jayswal
  
• Ancient India, 1956, Dr R. K. Mukerjee
  
• Comprehensive History of India, 1957, Vol II, Dr K. A. Nilkantha Shastri
  
• Ancient Kamboja People & Country, 1981, Dr J. L. Kamboj
  
• Political History of ancient India, 1996, Dr H. C. raychaudhury
  
• India and the World, 1964, Dr Buddha Parkash
  
• India and Central Asia, 1929, Dr P.C. Bagchi
  
• Sculptures of Mathura and Sarnath, 2002, Usha Rani Tiwari (br)
• The Sakas in India, Dr S. Chattopadhyaya
  
• The development of Kharoshthi Script, Dr C. C. Dasgupta
  
• Hellenism in Ancient India, G. N. Bannerjee
  
• Journal of Bihar and Orissa Research Society, Vol Xvi Parts III, IV, 1930
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