Khingala

Khingala
The supreme lord, the great King, the King of Kings, the Majestic Sovereign
Name and titles of Khingala (Khimgaala, Sharada script khiṃ-gā-la) in the Gardez Ganesha inscription, in proto-Sharada script:[1]
Mahārājadhirāja
śrī ṣāhi Khiṃgālau
"The great king, the king of kings
Sri Shahi Khimgala"[2]
Turk Shahi King
Reigncirca 775-785 CE
PredecessorPossibly Bo Fuzhun
SuccessorPossibly Langaturman

Khingala,[3] also transliterated Khinkhil, Khinjil or Khinjal, (Sharada script: Khimgaala, Sharada script khiṃ-gā-la, ruled circa 775-785 CE) was a ruler of the Turk Shahis. He is only known in name from the accounts of the Muslim historian Ya'qubi and from an epigraphical source, the Gardez Ganesha. The identification of his coinage remains conjectural.

  1. ^ Khan, M. Nasim (1 January 1999). "A Proto-Sharada Inscription from Hund - Pakistan". Indo-Koko-Kenkyu (20): 81–82.
  2. ^ Kuwayama, Shoshin (1999). "Historical Notes on Kapisi and Kabul in the Sixth-Eighth Centuries" (PDF). ZINBUN. 34: 71.
  3. ^ Alram, Michael (1 February 2021). Sasanian Iran in the Context of Late Antiquity: The Bahari Lecture Series at the University of Oxford. BRILL. p. 19. ISBN 978-90-04-46066-9.