Indian Epigraphy c15.t5.19

c15.t5.19

² Ibid., p. 120. Some scholars believe that Patika (son of Kṣatrapa Liaka Kusuluka) of this record is identical with Kusulaa Padika mentioned at a later date as a Mahākṣatrapa in the Mathura Lion Capital inscription which is slightly earlier than Śoḍāsa’s Mathura inscription of the year 72, referred to above. If such was the case, we have to assume the foundation of two different eras within a very short period of time. This does not very much appeal to us, and we think it more probable that Patika of the Taxila plate was the grandson of Mahākṣatrapa Padika of the Mathura inscription. The grandfather and the grandson having the same name is not an unusual feature in India even among the Śakas (cf. the case of Azes I and II).