Silver tetradrachm of Azilises (9.38 gm), minted in Gandhara. Obv: King on horseback, in battle armour, holding a spear. Legend in Greek: BASILEWS BASILEWN MEGALOU AZILISOU "King of kings, Azilises the Great". Rev:Nike standing, holding palm and wreath and a lamp in the right hand. Kharoshthi legend: "Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayilishasa" "King of kings, Azilises the Great".
Azilises was an Indo-Scythian king who ruled in the area of Gandhara. Buddhas First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. ... See Nike for other meanings. ... The Indo-Scythian King of Kings Azes II (c. ... Buddhas First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. ...
Coin of Azes I (57-35 BCE). ... The Indo-Scythian King of Kings Azes II (c. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC - 30s BC - 20s BC 10s BC 0s 10s 20s Years: 40 BC 39 BC 38 BC 37 BC 36 BC 35 BC 34 BC 33 BC 32 BC 31 BC... Silver coin of King Azes II (r. ...
The migrations of the Yueh-Chih. ... Approximate extent of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom circa 220 BCE. The Greco-Bactrians were a dynasty of Greek kings who controlled Bactria and Sogdiana, an area comprising todays northern Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, the easternmost area of the Hellenistic world, from 250 to 125 BCE. Their expansion... Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 CE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek... Coin of Gondophares (20-50 CE), first and greatest king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom. ... Boundary of the Kushan empire, c. ...
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References
"The Shape of Ancient Thought. Comparative studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies" by Thomas McEvilley (Allworth Press and the School of Visual Arts, 2002) ISBN 1581152035
"The Greeks in Bactria and India", W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press.
Azilises was therefore the successor of Azas and became a sovereign after the death of the latter.
This indicates that Azas was subordinate to Azilises.
We must suppose that there were two princes of that name, one the predecessor and the other the successor of Azilises, and it is not unlikely that some of the coins hitherto presumed to be issued by Azas I.were really struck by Azas II.
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