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Javukha

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Javukha
Ruler of the Alchon Huns
Silver coin of Javukha, copying a Gupta horse type coinage. Obverse: King on horse with sun symbol, Brahmi legend around shahi javu-kha , Alchon tamgha to the left.[1][2] The reverse normally shows a fire altar, without attendants, a Sasanian coinage symbolism. 5th century CE.
Javukha is located in South Asia
Javukha
Approximate location of Javukha's territory
Reign5th century CE

Javukha (Brahmi: Ja-vu-kha, Bactrian: Zabocho, or Zabokho)[3] was the third known king of the Alchon Huns, in the 5th century CE.[3] He is described as such in the Talagan copper scroll inscription, where he is also said to be Maharaja ("Great King"), and the "son of Sadavikha".[1] In the scroll he also appears to be rather contemporary with Toramana.[1]

Coin types

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Javukha issued coins in the Bactrian script as well as in the Brahmi, suggesting a regnal claim to areas both north and south of the Hindu Kush, from Bactria to Northern Pakistan.[3]

He issued some silver coins in which he is shown riding a horse, copying a Gupta horse type coinage which appears on the coins of Chandragupta II (r. 380-413 CE) or Kumaragupta I (r. 415-455 CE).[1]

Preceded by Tegin of the Alchon Huns Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. p. 111. ISBN 9781474400305.
  2. ^ "Then we find coins inscribed Shahi Javukha or Shahi Javuvla. The attribution of these coins to Toramana is doubtful. His coins are only in silver and copper: no gold coins of his time have so far been found." in Litvinskii, Boris Anatolevich; Zhang, Guanda; Samghabadi, R. Shabani (1996). The Crossroads of Civilizations: A.D. 250 to 750. Unesco. p. 175. ISBN 9789231032110.
  3. ^ a b c d Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 9781474400305.