Dhanabhuti

Dhanabhuti
Buddhist King
Dhanabhuti
Princely portrait from Bharhut
ReignCirca 150–75 BCE
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]

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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.