Maues

Maues
Μαύης
Maues riding in armour. Like many other Indo-Scythians, Maues did not issue portraits.
Indo-Scythian king
Reign98/85 – 60/57 BCE
SpouseMachene
ReligionGreek Hinduism[1]

Maues (Greek: Μαύης Maúēs; ΜΑΥΟΥ Mauou (epigraphic); Kharosthi: 𐨨𐨆𐨀 Mo-a, Moa,[2] called 𐨨𐨆𐨒 Mo-ga, Moga on the Taxila copper plate;[3] also called 𐨨𐨅𐨬𐨐𐨁 𐨨𐨁𐨩𐨁𐨐 Me-va-ki Mi-yi-ka, Mevaki Miyika in the Mathura lion capital inscription,[4][5]) was the first Indo-Scythian king, ruling from 98/85 to 60/57 BCE.[6] He invaded India and established Saka hegemony by conquering Indo-Greek territories.[7]

  1. ^ The Decline and Fall of the Hindus: The Book on India's Regeneration
  2. ^ Gardner, Percy (1886). The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum. London: Gilbert & Rivington Ltd. pp. 68-72. ISBN 978-0-900-83452-3.
  3. ^ Konow 1929, pp. xxix, 23-29, 45.
  4. ^ Konow 1929, pp. 30-49, PLATE VIII.
  5. ^ Thomas, F. W. (1907–1908). Hultzsch, E.; Konow, Sten (eds.). Epigraphia Indica. Vol. 9. Kolkata: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. pp. 135-147.
  6. ^ Gazerani 2015, p. 15.
  7. ^ The Grandeur of Gandhara, Rafi-us Samad, Algora Publishing, 2011, p.64-67 [1]