Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s7.58

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KĀRTTIKEYA—Several good sculptures of Kārttikeya have been found at Mathura. The Kārttikeya cult seems to have been quite popular at Mathura during the Kushāṇa period. Besides Karttikeya several other forms like Kumāra, Vishākha, Skanda, and Mahāsena were worshipped. In the *Kashyapa Saṃhitā*, Revatī-Kalpa Chap., these four are said to be brothers of goddess Shashṭhī, whose fifth brother was Nandikeśvara (i.e. Śiva standing against the Nandī Bull). All these five are found depicted on the coins of Huvishika.