Dhanabhuti

Dhanabhuti
Buddhist King
Dhanabhuti
Princely portrait from Bharhut
ReignCirca 150–75 BCE
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Dhanabhuti is known through his inscriptions at Bharhut and Mathura. The main northern polities at that time were the Indo-Greeks and the Sungas.[1]

Dhanabhūti (Brahmi: 𑀥𑀦𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀺) or Vatsiputra Dhanabhūti was a 2nd or 1st-century BCE Buddhist king in Central India, and the most prominent donor for the Bharhut stupa.[2] He appears in two or three major dedicatory inscriptions at the stupa of Bharhut, and possibly in another inscription at Mathura.[3] Dhanabhuti may have been a feudatory of the Sunga Empire, or a ruler in a neighbouring territory, such as Kosala or Panchala,[4][2] or possibly a northern king from Sughana in Haryana.[5][6] or he may have also been part of the Mitra dynasty of Kosambi.[7]

  1. ^ Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. p. 9. ISBN 9789004155374.
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  3. ^ Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. p. 11. ISBN 9789004155374.
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  6. ^ Kumar, Ajit (2014). "Bharhut Sculptures and their untenable Sunga Association". Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. 2: 223‐241.
  7. ^ K. D. Bajpai (October 2004). Indian Numismatic Studies. Abhinav Publications. p. 40. ISBN 978-81-7017-035-8.