Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.140
Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.140
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c16.s2.140
Sectarian epithets indicating the religious persuasion of the rulers is often noticed in their records. We have referred above to the epithet *Dharmasthita* or *Satyadharmasthita* applied to the Kuṣāṇa king Kadphises I probably with reference to his adherence to the Buddhist faith. Kadphises II seems to be called *Māheśvara*, ‘a devotee of the god Maheśvara or Śiva’, on some of his coins.⁸ Such sectarian epithets became popular from about the 4th century A.D.